Maxim Vengerov Conducts

Thursday 29 February 2024

Sheldonian Theatre, 19:30

Beethoven Egmont Overture, Op. 84 Side-by-Side

Haydn Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob. I:104, ‘London’

Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

Anna-Liisa Bezrodny violin

Maxim Vengerov conductor

Not one, but two great violinists. Maxim Vengerov trades his fiddle for a baton for this concert in which we’re delighted to welcome our remarkable Associate Concertmaster Finnish-Estonian violinist

Anna-Liisa Bezrodny in music close to her heart – the violin concerto by the composer who defined Finland in sound, Jean Sibelius. The concerto Sibelius wrote as a surrogate for the virtuoso violin career he could never have is a work of inspiring focus and fortitude, the virtuosity of which is never just for show. Here it forms the culmination of a concert that opens with an arresting overture by Beethoven and Haydn’s best-known symphony.

Tickets £54 £40 £30 £18 (students from £5)