Thomas Søndergård & Augustin Hadelich

Programme

Jean Sibelius
Der Schwan von Tuonela, op. 22 No. 2

György Ligeti
Violin Concerto

Interval

Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70

Thomas Søndergård, Conductor

Augustin Hadelich, Violin

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Karina Canellakis unfortunately has to cancel her participation in the concerts for family reasons. We are grateful to have won Thomas Søndergård for the project, who can take over the direction of the concerts with a small programmatic change. As the opening work, Thomas Søndergård will conduct Der Schwan von Tuonela, op. 22 No. 2 by Jean Sibelius.

Information about the programme

The BRSO will interpret Ligeti’s Violin Concerto with violinist Augustin Hadelich as the soloist. The work, composed thirty years ago, captivates the listener with its iridescent, shimmering soundscapes and rhythmically motoric pulse. Furthermore the concert will conclude with Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony, his formidable response to Brahms’ Third. With this symphony, the Czech composer wanted to set “a world in motion”. The work was written for London. Long before he achieved the recognition he deserved on the continent, Dvořák was already held in high regard by the English audiences of the time.