The New Zealand Herald Premier Series: Vengerov & Sibelius
303 Queen St, CBD, Auckland
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Conductor - Okko Kamu
Violin - Maxim Vengerov
Sibelius - En Saga
Sibelius - Symphony No.6
Sibelius - Violin Concerto
Sibelius - Finlandia
Maxim Vengerov sensationally burst onto the international scene in 1984, when he won the prestigious Wieniawski Competition at the age of ten. Hearing such a supreme artist is a real luxury, particularly when he’s playing one of the supreme violin concertos, and particularly when it is conducted by Okko Kamu, who has a special affinity with his countryman’s music.
In sketches for the Sixth Symphony, Sibelius wrote about the struggle between ‘the pine-tree spirit and the storm’, but it’s a serene, melancholy work, neatly paired with the atmospheric En Saga.
The concert finishes with Sibelius’s beloved and barnstorming hymn to his homeland.
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