jmc's classics
I attended the January 28 concert of the SLSO. I know it is strange to talk about concerts in reverse order but I have been under the weather.
The Most famous work on the bill was Mendelssohn's Violin concerto in E (Opus#64). There were two other works on the concert Peter Ruzica's Elegie: Remembrance for Orchestra which dates from 2016 and John Adams's Harmonielehre which dates from 1985. The last two composers are still alive at the present time. Julian Rachlin was the violin soloist. he is a native of Lithuania but grew up in Austria. He studied with Pinchas Zukerman and was considered a child prodigy. he is also a conductor. Mendelssohn was the most faomous of the composers. His concerto is one of the more popular violin concertos. He wrote another violin concerto earlier in his career which is not as popular This concerto is in D. The E Minor concerto dates from 1844. His most famous work it the Christmas Carol "Hark the Herald". he wrote five symphonies and a several "songs without words" I don't know much about the Concerto in D. It was written for violin and string orchestra. The two other pieces are contemporary which is somewhat strange for two contemporary pieces to be included in with one much older piece. The concert was enjoyable. I don't know how orchesas group pieces together it can baffle your mind sometimes
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