VIOLIN STAR CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF AND LVSO

CONCERT PROGRAM É. Lalo. Symphonie espagnole (French: La Symphonie espagnole) J. Brahms. Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF , violin LITHUANIAN STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conductor GINTARAS RINKEVIČIUS The Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra offers a unique opportunity to hear one of the most impressive violin stars on the classical music scene, Christian Tetzlaff. The violinist is highly regarded worldwide for his expressive, insightful, and personal interpretations. His distinctive approach to the score, a continuous search for emotional and compositional depth, has over time gathered a loyal circle of listeners who often describe his performances as an existential experience. Christian Tetzlaff has performed with all the world's most renowned orchestras: the Berlin, Vienna, and New York Philharmonic Orchestras, the Boston, Chicago, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, the London Symphony Orchestra, and many others. His repertoire is extensive – from J. S. Bach's solo sonatas and partitas to the less frequently performed concertos by G. B. Viotti and J. Joachim, as well as contemporary works by G. Ligeti, J. Widmann, and Th. Adès. The British newspaper "The Guardian" described Christian Tetzlaff's 2015 interpretation of L. van Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Harding, as "the best performance of this work ever heard". Since 2012, Christian Tetzlaff has been a professor at the Kronberg Academy, and in 2023, he became the artistic director of the "Spannungen" music festival in Heimbach (Germany). For the concert in Vilnius, Christian Tetzlaff has chosen the "Symphonie espagnole" by French composer Édouard Lalo (1823–1892), which contemporary music critics consider a work in the violin concerto genre. Written in 1847, the work premiered on the Parisian stage during a period when Spanish motifs in music became particularly fashionable. In the second part of the concert, the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra will perform Johannes Brahms's (1833–1897) Third Symphony, distinguished by its vibrant orchestration, inventive rhythmic and metric flexibility, and excellent organic development. After hearing the symphony, Antonín Dvořák wrote in a letter to publisher Fritz Simrock: "I can say without exaggeration that this work surpasses Brahms's first two symphonies; if not in grandeur and power, then certainly in beauty. What wonderful melodies there are here!" Dvořák's enthusiasm was well-founded: the premiere of this symphony in 1883 with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra received immense acclaim.

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