Nil Venditti dirigiert Waltons Violinkonzert und Mendelssohns »Italienische«

In the organizer's words:

It is not every day that a first concertmaster can also be heard as a soloist with his own orchestra: long-time Symphony Orchestra member Adrian Iliescu performs the solo part in William Walton's rousing and virtuoso violin concerto, which was premiered in 1939 by Jascha Heifetz, who commissioned the work and to whom it is dedicated.

Under the direction of the up-and-coming conductor Nil Venditti, who already impressed as a substitute with the Symphony Orchestra last season and who made her acclaimed debut at the BBC Proms this summer, the program also includes contemporary works and a true classic of the concert repertoire: Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw wrote the "Entr'acte" in 2013 as a witty reaction to a listening experience of a Haydn quartet. And in his fourth symphony, the "Italian", Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy combines southern lightness and joie de vivre with mourning. A concert that promises an abundance of harmonies ...

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