Virtuosity and Destiny

Esa Pekka-Salonen's Helix opens the program with a virtuoso orchestral whirlwind, where the sections intertwine in sonic spirals deploying a mechanical and organic energy. Then Dorota Anderszewska, our super-soloist concertmaster, takes on Prokofiev's formidable Concerto No. 2 , combining rhythmic harshness and tender lyricism, to achieve a perfect balance between sarcasm and melancholy. Her violin, by turns sharp in the diabolical scherzo, singi...