Violinist

A testament to Beethoven’s sly wit, the Eighth Symphony finds the revolutionary composer transforming beloved 18th-century dance forms with new dramatic possibilities. And violinist Baiba Skride displays a “soaring, incisive tone” (Strad) in Britten’s Violin Concerto, an emotionally charged work composed as Europe descended into World War II.

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Beethoven's Eighth Symphony

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducts Richard Strauss’s massive tone poem portraying the journey up and down an Alpine mountain, complete with a sunrise, a hike to the summit, and a violent thunderstorm. Violinist Baiba Skride is the soloist in Bernstein’s Serenade, a concerto-like work inspired by speeches on the nature of love in Plato’s Symposium.

An Alpine Symphony and Bernstein’s Serenade

Lincoln Center

Latvian violinist Baiba Skride returns to Symphony Hall for Dmitri Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 2, written for the great Ukrainian violinist David Oistrakh in 1967. Johannes Brahms’ profound and majestic Fourth Symphony closes the program.
Hear introductory remarks from principal trombonist Toby Oft before the concert and stay after for a post-show conversation with Director of Program Publications Robert Kirzinger and violinist Baiba Skride.

Casual Friday: Andris Nelsons conducts Brahms and Shostakovich with Baiba Skride, violin

Boston Symphony Hall

Music Director Andris Nelsons leads the world premiere of a BSO-commissioned Concerto for Curved Space, for orchestra by Grammy-winning American composer/guitarist Steven Mackey, whose vibrant music embraces a range of influences, from Ludwig van Beethoven to modern rock. Latvian violinist Baiba Skride returns to Symphony Hall for Dmitri Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 2, written for the great Ukrainian violinist David Oistrakh in 1967. Johannes Brahms’ profound and majestic Fourth Symphony closes the program.

Baiba Skride

Violinist

Events

27 - 29 Apr, 2024

Beethoven's Eighth Symphony · Oregon Symphony

8 - 13 Feb, 2024

An Alpine Symphony and Bernstein’s Serenade · New York Philharmonic

Jan 27, 2023

Casual Friday: Andris Nelsons conducts Brahms and Shostakovich with Baiba Skride, violin · Boston Symphony Orchestra

26 - 28 Jan, 2023

Andris Nelsons conducts Brahms, Mackey, and Shostakovich with Baiba Skride, violin · Boston Symphony Orchestra

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