A second program in the Vienna Musikverein and the Dortmund Konzerthaus with works by Ravel, Elgar and Rimsky-Korsakov will be linked to the "Jeanne d'Arc" tour in December. The hr Symphony Orchestra and Alain Altinoglu will present Maurice Ravel's "Une barque sur l'océan", Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade". Gautier Capuçon will be the soloist in Vienna, and Julia Hagen will interpret the Elgar Concerto in Dortmund.

Vienna Music Association

Vienna Music Society

The Royal Scottish National Orchestra has been one of Britain’s leading orchestras for several decades, collaborating with such conductors as Neeme Järvi and Marin Alsop. Our own chief conductor Elim Chan is also the orchestra’s first guest director. The soloist on this occasion is the Australian violinist Ray Chen, the laureate of the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Competition, who has become one of the world’s most in-demand violinists since then. He will perform Tchaikovsky’s phenomenal Violin Concerto, which is widely regarded as the most beautiful concerto of its kind in the classical repertoire thanks to the brilliant melodies. This will be followed by more virtuoso violin sounds in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sheherazade. A superb orchestral suite that succeeds in conjuring up the world in the fairytales of Arabian Nights.

Ray Chen shines with Tchaikovsky

Queen Elisabeth Hall

Dortmund Concert Hall

Konzerthaus Dortmund

The symphonic suite Scheherazade, inspired by fairy tales from One Thousand and One Nights , is one of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's most effective and successful works. Written in 1888, the composer uses dazzling instrumental colors to take up Persian stories and his music depicts a fantastic oriental fairy tale world. In the first half of the concert, the Spanish conductor Pablo Mielgo will perform works from his homeland. In addition to Joaquín Turina's string piece La oración del torero, Manuel de Falla's Nights in Spanish Gardens for piano and orchestra will be heard. De Falla was inspired by the painter Santiago Rusiñol, who colorfully captured impressions of the incomparable beauty of Spanish gardens in his paintings. The real reason why this work was written is none other than to evoke places, moods and feelings , said the composer in 1916. The solo part of the Symphonic Impressions will be performed by the young Spanish pianist and winner of the Cleveland International Piano Competition Martín García García.

Nikolaj Rimsky-Korsakov

Events

Upcoming events

Dec 19, 2024

Dortmund Concert Hall · hr-Sinfonieorchester

6 - 8 Jan, 2025

5th Philharmonic Concert / Hot Nights · Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock

Jun 28, 2025

Guest performance Bad Kissingen | Kissinger Sommer · WDR Sinfonieorchester

Past events

Dec 17, 2024

Vienna Music Association · hr-Sinfonieorchester

Jan 15, 2024

Ray Chen shines with Tchaikovsky · Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

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