Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto
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This event took place on Saturday 23 March 2024.
- Saturday 23 March 2024
- Reading The Hexagon
Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto
Sat 23 Mar 2024
Reading The Hexagon
Need to know
Repertoire
- Delius Irmelin: Prelude
- Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
- Sibelius Symphony No.2
Features
- Jamie Phillips Conductor
- Chloë Hanslip Violin
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
We are delighted to welcome violinist Chloë Hanslip back to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and The Hexagon, to perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D major. A work full of fire and ferocity, both soloist and orchestra have the chance to dazzle in one of the most enduring concertos of the violin repertoire.
Sibelius thought of his Second Symphony as a great river flowing to the sea, others have heard a musical portrait of a nation waking to freedom. But from pastoral beginnings to a soul-stirring finish, it is music of elemental power, spring-like freshness and truly epic grandeur. First, though, a real rarity: the ravishing prelude to Delius’ forgotten fairytale opera Irmelin – British music doesn’t get more magical than this.