Stravinsky/Mendelssohn/ Tchaikovsky
19:30
Sat 13 Oct 2018
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Programme
- Funeral Song(11 mins)
- Violin Concerto in E minor(27 mins)
- Symphony No. 5 in E minor(44 mins)
Performers
- Carolin Widmannviolin
- Ben Gernonconductor
Concert Information
A memorial tribute to his teacher, Russian composer Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky’s Funeral Song died an unexpected death when its score went missing soon after its 1909 premiere. Three years ago, it turned up in a St Petersburg archive – and tonight it will be performed in Manchester for the first time.
Every concert violinist has Mendelssohn’s enduring E minor Violin Concerto in their armoury, but it takes a talent as special as Carolin Widmann to really make it sing. To close, Ben Gernon, the orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor, directs Tchaikovsky’s dramatic Fifth Symphony.
