CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS

Performance Saturday, November 2, 2013 | 7:30 PM

Minnesota Orchestra

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage Seating Chart
Hear why The New York Times proclaimed that “it’s hard to imagine a more riveting performance of [Sibelius] than the thrilling interpretation given by the Minnesota Orchestra and Osmo Vänskä.” The renowned conductor brings his long-awaited Sibelius symphony cycle to New York in this exhilarating initial program that includes his Finnish compatriot’s exhilarating First Symphony and extremely rhythmic Violin Concerto with virtuoso violinist Hilary Hahn.

Performers

  • Minnesota Orchestra
    Osmo Vänskä, Music Director and Conductor
  • Hilary Hahn, Violin

Program

    ALL-SIBELIUS PROGRAM
  • En saga
  • Violin Concerto
  • Symphony No. 1

Audio

Sibelius's Violin Concerto (Allegro, ma non tanto )
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor | Hilary Hahn, Violin
Deutsche Grammophon

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Carnegie Hall's Director of Artistic Planning Jeremy Geffen explains the political and musical background to Sibelius's First Symphony: Finnish nationalism and Tchaikovsky. He also discusses how Tchaikovsky's groundbreaking use of silence in his music influenced Sibelius throughout his career.

This performance is part of Concertos Plus.

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