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Allegoria della notte

Fri 06/03/2020 19:00 - 21:00
Tickets: 46.00-9.50 €
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Introduction

The overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream was conceived in Berlin in the Mendelssohn family’s enormous garden, where the young Felix and his sisters presented pageants, plays and musical performances inspired by the likes of Shakespeare. Salvatore Sciarrino took inspiration for his Allegoria della notte from Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. As Sciarrino himself put it, the piece is ”the uninhabited side of Planet Mendelssohn” whose darkness is dissipated by the themes of the violin concerto.

Artists

  • Olari Elts

    conductor

  • Ilja Gringolts

    violin

Programme

  • 19.00
    Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream, overture

  • Salvatore Sciarrino

    Allegoria della notte for violin and orchestra

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor

  • Interval 25 min

  • Lotta Wennäkoski

    Verdigris

  • 21.00
    Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 1

  • Fri 06/03/2020
  • 19:00 - 21:00
  • Concert Hall
  • Ticketmaster Suomi: 46.00-9.50 €
    • Olari Elts
    • Ilja Gringolts
    • Felix Mendelssohn

      A Midsummer Night's Dream, overture

    • Salvatore Sciarrino

      Allegoria della notte for violin and orchestra

    • Felix Mendelssohn

      Violin Concerto in E minor

    • Interval 25 min

    • Lotta Wennäkoski

      Verdigris

    • Felix Mendelssohn

      Symphony No. 1

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