Search NZSO

Concerts

The Radio Network Tour

Series 1 | Series 2

Baiba Skride

Subscription Tour 2 - Series 2

TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
SCHOLES Bonk for Percussion and Orchestra (World Premiere)
BRAHMS Symphony No 1

DMITRI SITKOVETSKY Conductor
BAIBA SKRIDE Violin
BRUCE McKINNON Percussion

Tchaikovsky’s much-loved Violin Concerto, written during the spring of 1878 in Switzerland after an Italian sojourn, displays eloquent lyricism and southern warmth. Brahms, conscious of the comparison, was not pleased when conductor Hans von Bülow praised the C minor Symphony as “Beethoven’s Tenth”. Guaranteed a future by its muscularity, performances of Brahms’s First underline the truth of contemporary critical assessment in Vienna, which reported it to be “an inexhaustible fountain of sincere pleasure”.

Dates and Venues Christchurch Wednesday 21 May 6.30pm Town Hall BOOK AT TICKETEK Wellington Friday 23 May 6.30pm Michael Fowler Centre BOOK AT TICKETEK Napier Thursday 29 May 8pm Municipal Theatre Preconcert talk 7.15pm BOOK AT TICKETDIRECT Auckland Friday 30 May 6.30pm Town Hall BOOK AT TICKETEK There is also Series 1 in Wellington and Auckland. View details

About the Artists

	Dmitry Sitovetsky Dmitry has a successful career as a conductor and violinist with music ranging from Bach to contemporary compositions. He was the founding Director of the New European Strings Chamber Orchestra and is Principal Guest Conductor of the Russian State Symphony in Moscow.
	Baiba Skride Winner of the Queen Elisabeth Violin Contest in 2001 and inspired the jury with a rich, mature performance.  She records exclusively for Sony Classical and works with major European orchestras.  She plays the “Wilhelmj” Stradivarius (1725) on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.
	Bruce McKinnon Bruce has been Principal Percussionist with the NZSO since 1989 and is now Emeritus Principal. As a soloist he has performed with the NZSO and artists such as Michael Houstoun, Diedre Irons, Danny La Rue, Kamahl and Johnny Mathis.

 

Copyright 2008