Oslo Philharmonic / Vilde Frang / Klaus Mäkelä

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Sat, Nov 2, 2024, 20:00

Venue

Both Klaus Mäkelä and Vilde Frang launched their international careers with the Oslo Philharmonic. The charismatic Finn was appointed chief conductor of the orchestra at the age of 22 and violinist Frang performed as a soloist in her native Oslo at the early age of twelve. Now they join forces in Hamburg to play Igor Stravinsky’s lively violin concerto. This is followed after the interval by Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony. The two pieces could not be more different. Stravinsky’s neoclassical concerto... Read full text

Keywords: Symphony Concert

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Musicians

Oslo Philharmonic
Vilde Frang	Violin
Klaus Mäkelä	Conductor

Program

Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A minor, Op. 11	George Enescu
Concerto en Ré for Violin and Orchestra	Igor Stravinsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36	Piotr Tchaikovsky
Giga senza basso from: Sonata for Violin in D minor	Antonio Maria Montanari
Prélude cis-Moll / from: Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3	Sergei Rachmaninoff

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