Lara St John plays Bruch Violin Concerto with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Performers:
Josep Caballé Domenech, conductor Lara St. John, violin Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Programme
:
Modest Mussorgsky
1:
A Night on the Bare Mountain (orch Rimsky-Korsakov)
Max Bruch
2:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No 1 in G minor, Op 26
Antonín Dvorák
3:
Symphony No 9 in E minor, 'From the New World', Op 95
Note:
A programme of three ever-popular pieces, beginning with Mussorgsky’s chilling depiction of a pagan ceremony. On arriving in New York to teach, a homesick Dvorak was inspired to compose his invigorating and soulful New World Symphony, its slow movement now world-famous in many guises. In between these celebrated works is Max Bruch's evergreen Violin Concerto No 1 which remains one of the most-loved of violin works imbued as it is with heart, vitality, deep expression and a fund of glorious romantic melody.