About the Concert

"A piece of wood that screeches at the top and hums at the bottom" - not a very flattering description for a cello. This statement comes from Antonín Dvořák himself, who composed one of the most beautiful cello concerts ever. Anyone who listens to this music knows: Dvořák must have secretly loved the cello. He wrote the concert in the winter of 1894/95 in New York, but you cannot hear any American influences in it. Instead, it contains everything we love and appreciate about Dvořák: wonderfully melodic tunes often touched by sounds from Dvořák's homeland of Bohemia, grand dramatic crescendos, and lyrical goosebump-inducing moments. And for the cellist, there are plenty of opportunities to showcase the qualities of their instrument. Playing the cello in this performance is the legendary Truls Mørk, who Tabita Berglund herself learned from. Before starting her career as a conductor, she studied the cello! For her debut as the Principal Guest Conductor, she has also chosen Bartók's "Concerto for Orchestra," whose finale can be safely described as one of the most thrilling and ecstatic movements in 20th-century music.