Richard Strauss once joked that he could depict even a knife and fork in music. So now imagine a panorama of the Roman Campagna, a moonlit Mediterranean beach and a carnival in Naples, painted in glowing orchestral colours with all the high spirits of a young genius on holiday – and loving every minute of it. When Christoph König conducts Strauss’s joyous Aus Italien, you’ll wonder why we don’t hear it more often. Brahms’s noble Haydn Variations and Bruch’s First Violin Concerto are rather more familiar. But wait til you hear Bruch’s much-loved melodies in the hands of our soloist, the extraordinary Kristóf Baráti.
(approximate finish time: 9.25pm)
Prelude: 6.45pm in the Recital Room
Kristóf Baráti in conversation with Dominic Parker (Director Â鶹ÊÓƵAV SSO) about the concerto in tonight’s concert, and about musical life in general. Preludes take place in the Recital Room at City Halls and are free to ticket-holders (limited seating availability).
The concert will be recorded - for broadcast on Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 3 on Friday 20 October 2017, at 7.30pm and presented by Jamie MacDougall.