Royal Festival Hall
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Monday 2 February 2009, 7.30pm
Carl Maria Von Weber Overture, Oberon
Ludwig Van Beethoven Violin Concerto
INTERVAL
Antonin Dvorak Symphony No.8
Pinchas Zukermanconductor/violin/violaconductor, violin
Pinchas Zukerman is both conductor and soloist in this performance of Beethoven's exquisite violin concerto, composed
in 1806 and given its premiere that same year. Curiously, the concerto was slow to gain acceptance, perhaps because of its
length and 'weighty' content, and Beethoven himself reworked it as a piano concerto. It was only after his death that
the concerto's worth was fully recognised.
Dvorak composed his Symphony No.8 in 1889, declaring his intention
to write a score that was 'different from the other symphonies, with individual thoughts worked out in new ways.'
This engaging symphony proclaims its originality throughout, from the beautiful 'wrong key' melody that opens the
work to the finale's colourful variations, complete with interpolations from a raucous village band.
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