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Overcoming initially hostile critical reactions, Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto became one of the most popular of all concertos. Audiences love its passionate melodiousness and rhythmic excitement.
The nobility and grandeur of Brahms’ First Symphony made it an instant success. In fact, it’s so beloved a piece of music that it is hard to credit the doubts and uncertainties the composer went through before its first performances.
The opening of Delius’ orchestral rhapsody on the Lincolnshire folk tuneBrigg Fair is wonderfully evocative of the song’s words, in which the singer ‘rises up with the lark’ to meet his true love at the fair. Languorous and ecstatic, Brigg Fair is a masterpiece of English impressionism.
PASSIONATE PANORAMA
DELIUS Brigg Fair: An English Rhapsody
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
Christopher Seaman conductor
James Ehnes violin
Friday 1 August at 8pm (Monash Series 3)
Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, Clayton
Bookings: www.mso.com.au or Ticketmaster on 1300 136 166
Saturday 2 August at 8pm (Classical Connections 3)
The Arts Centre, Hamer Hall
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