Talented violinist Maria Włoszczowska performs Sibelius with the Plymouth Symphony Orchestra.
Internationally renowned violinist Maria Włoszczowska is the featured soloist at Plymouth Symphony Orchestra’s upcoming concerts in Liskeard and Plymouth.
The orchestra will present a programme of Bernstein, Sibelius and Tchaikovsky at the Public Hall, Liskeard on March 20 and the Minister Church of St Andrew in Plymouth on March 23.
The concert will begin with Bernstein’s light-hearted overture from his comic operetta Candide. The overture has become a popular curtain-raiser, with its distinctive opening fanfare, which serves as the unifying element of the piece.
Polish violinist, Maria Włoszczowska, joins the orchestra for the popular and impressive Sibelius Violin Concerto. Maria lives in London and performs as a soloist and chamber musician worldwide. She is recognised for her versatile musicianship, having won the First Prize and Audience Prize at the XXI Leipzig International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in 2018.
The final work is Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.5, a piece which has become one of the most popular large-scale symphonies ever composed. Tchaikovsky approached this composition from a position of self-doubt, after the unsuccessful premiere of his Symphony No.4 ten years previously, and he was determined that No.5 would receive a favourable response.
It is an often played and highly regarded work of the Romantic era – Tchaikovsky himself wrote ‘with desire and passion’ on his score. It was premiered in St Petersburg in 1888 with Tchaikovsky conducting and is a powerful, dark and dramatic work.
For ticket information please visit www.plymouthsymphony.co.uk.
