James Ehnes plays Korngold

LSO International Violin Festival

Sun 7 Jun 2015 7.30pm - 9.20pm

Barbican Hall, London

BARTÓK Divertimento for Strings
KORNGOLD Violin Concerto
RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances

Marin Alsop conductor
James Ehnes violin
London Symphony Orchestra

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LSO Platform: Guildhall Artists
Barbican Hall 6pm, free entry

KORNGOLD Piano Trio
Pablo Hernán Benedi violin
Michael Petrov cello
Erdem Misirlioğlu piano

Listen: Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances on LSO Live

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Canadian virtuoso James Ehnes has been hailed as the 'Jascha Heifetz of our day', so his choice of the Korngold Violin Concerto is most appropriate. Korngold’s lush, romantic score, much of its material a skilful reworking of themes from his film music, was originally premiered by Heifetz in 1947. Marin Alsop teams the Concerto with two other works of the 1940s, Bartók’s spiky Divertimento for strings and Rachmaninov’s farewell to symphonic composition.

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