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Salonen conducts The Firebird

The DMU Chancellor's Concert

Part of the Philharmonia 2019-20

Add to my Calendar 14-01-2020 19:00 14-01-2020 21:00 36 Salonen conducts The Firebird Our Principal Conductor makes a welcome return to Leicester for an evocative programme culminating in Stravinsky’s timeless masterpiece, The Firebird.Before, a chance to hear our own Concert Master Zsolt-Tihamer Visontay take centre-stage. A familiar figure on stage at Philharmonia concerts, tonight gives a chance to hear our leader’s skill as a soloist, as he takes on Sibelius’s Violin Concerto. It casts its spell with soulful melody, rhythmic power and flights of virtuosity.Till Eulenspiegel depicts the merry pranks of its eponymous hero, a German peasant who flirts, teases, pokes fun at the clergy and rides his horse through a marketplace.Philharmonia De Montfort Hall, Leicester DD/MM/YYYY

Details

De Montfort Hall
Granville Road
Leicester
LE1 7RU
England

Programme

Richard Strauss – Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op.28
Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite, 1919: Finale
Jean Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47

Performers

Esa-Pekka Salonen – Conductor
Zsolt Tihamer-Visontay – violin

Philharmonia Orchestra

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Programme Note

Our Principal Conductor makes a welcome return to Leicester for an evocative programme culminating in Stravinsky’s timeless masterpiece, The Firebird.

Before, a chance to hear our own Concert Master Zsolt-Tihamer Visontay take centre-stage. A familiar figure on stage at Philharmonia concerts, tonight gives a chance to hear our leader’s skill as a soloist, as he takes on Sibelius’s Violin Concerto. It casts its spell with soulful melody, rhythmic power and flights of virtuosity.

Till Eulenspiegel depicts the merry pranks of its eponymous hero, a German peasant who flirts, teases, pokes fun at the clergy and rides his horse through a marketplace.

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