NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Janine Jansen / Sakari Oramo

Date & Time

Sun, Nov 24, 2024, 11:00

Venue

As head of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo regularly commutes between the UK and Sweden. He brings works from both countries with him to Hamburg. One is criminally underestimated in Germany and therefore played far too rarely, and another one has never been performed before. However, the programme opens with an excursion to the south: to Giuseppe Verdi and his overture from »La forza del destino«.

Keywords: Symphony Concert, World Premiere

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Musicians

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
Janine Jansen	Violin
Sakari Oramo	Conductor

Program

Overture from »La forza del destino«	Giuseppe Verdi
Shortening Days for Violin and Orchestra (world premiere)	Britta Byström
Symphony No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 63	Edward Elgar

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