These Russian-born composers charted routes of resistance and freedom that still resonate today. Tchaikovsky, secretly gay and openly enraptured with the music of the West, poured his love and anguish into the Violin Concerto that mixed Russian intensity into the impeccable traditions of the Classical masters. Stravinsky, untested and overlooked in his home country, astonished the crowds in Paris with his supernatural ballet based on the Russian fairy tales of the Firebird. Lera Auerbach, who defected from the Soviet Union as a teenage prodigy, has matured into an experienced talent who pulls no punches.

Please note: the program does not have an intermission.

Artists
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Simone Lamsma, violin

Repertoire
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
LERA AUERBACH Icarus
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite (1919)