Concert

Vasily Petrenko and Midori perform Montsalvatge, Brahms and Elgar

Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya

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Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya (OBC)

Vasily Petrenko — Conductor

Midori — Violinist

Program notes

Live from the Auditori in Barcelona, the star-conductor Vasily Petrenko is invited by the OBC to conduct Montsalvatge, Elgar and Brahms, whose violin concerto is performed by the Japanese musician Midori!

Composed in 1992 as a commission of the Conducting Competition of the Orquestra de Cadaqués, Sortilegis by Xavier Montsalvatge is a sophisticated and rousing work. The piece meets the need to force the conductor to be aware of the numerous sound details and rhythm changes in the score and is also highly demanding of the orchestra. The result is a work of a Mediterranean character and one that is extremely attractive.

One of the competition winners, Vasily Petrenko, is one of the leading conductors today and he will be leading the OBC in this concert, the very many attractions of which include young Japanese violinist Midori, a bright star who will be performing the impassioned Concerto for Violin and Orchestra by Johannes Brahms. With its mysterious theme used to the full by the mastery of its English composer, Elgar's Enigma Variations complete this enchanting programme.

Courtesy of the Chester Novello editions.

This concert will be broadcast on Catalunya Música (Sundays at 11am – Repeated broadcast on Tuesdays at 9pm). Audio: Catalunya Ràdio/Catmúsica

Picture: © Mark McNulty

A closer look: featured composers

Johannes Brahms

Johann Sebastian Bach

Edward Elgar

Eugène Ysaÿe

Further listening: featured works

Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77

Johannes Brahms (Composer)

Partita for Solo Violin No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer)

Enigma Variations, Op. 36

Edward Elgar (Composer)

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