Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel and Sibelius' Violin Concerto

Saariaho / Sibelius / R. Strauss There are those absolute masterpieces that you cannot get around as a solo violinist. With his Violin Concerto, the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius created a modern venture full of virtuosic ideas. A concert work of Beethovenian stature that demands the utmost from soloist and orchestra. The young Swedish violin adventurer Ava Bahari and Philzuid take up the challenge. Bahari has previously demonstrated a knack for bold, contemporary violin concertos. Like Sibelius, Richard Strauss seduces with genuine storytelling. Strauss can bring stories to life like no other with his symphonic poems. With his flowing, lyrical style and passionate harmonies, Strauss definitively puts the genre of symphonic poem on the map. Philzuid treats the audience to no fewer than two Strauss tone poems. In Till Eulenspiegel, heroic roguish escapades take center stage, while in Don Juan Strauss reflects on the fate of love.