Symphony Concert

Tchaikovsky

Christmas concert featuring The Nutcracker Suite and Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
© Suxiao Yang

About the Concert

Unplayable? Indeed, the best violinists 150 years ago thought that Tchaikovsky's newly composed violin concerto was far too difficult, that it could not be played at all. When someone finally dared to perform it, the piece was torn apart by critics. It is hard to believe when one hears it today in all its beauty and brilliance in the concert hall. Here, it is performed by Artist in Residence Augustin Hadelich, who makes even the most difficult passages seem as if they could be played effortlessly. For those who are not already in a festive mood, Tchaikovsky's ballet music "The Nutcracker" will surely put them in the Christmas spirit - and evoke happy memories of childhood, Christmas scents, and candlelight...

Program

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
"Romeo and Juliet" Fantasy-Overture in B minor
Violin Concerto in D major
"The Nutcracker" Excerpts from the ballet (compiled by Anna Rakitina)

Contributer

Anna Rakitina
Conductor
Augustin Hadelich
Violin
Dresdner Philharmonie
Programme booklet

Biographies

Anna Rakitina

Conductor Anna Rakitina has made a name for herself in recent years with highly acclaimed performances in Europe and North America. From 2019 to 2023, she was Assistant Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and previously a Dudamel Fellow with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In the 2024/25 season, she will make her debuts with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra and several ensembles in Scandinavia, and in May 2025 she will conduct at the first Shostakovich Festival Leipzig.

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Augustin Hadelich

Artist in Residence

With his ravishing tone, phenomenal technique and deeply felt interpretations, violinist Augustin Hadelich plays concerts in major halls around the world. After performing in the USA, in Australia and New Zealand in summer 2024, he will embark on a major tour of Asia in summer 2025. He is the Dresden Philharmonic's Artist in Residence for the 2024/25 season. Further appearances will take him to the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras and the Concertgebouworkest among others.

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Dresdner Philharmonie

Top Class!

That is the claim of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra stands for concerts at the highest artistic level, musical education for all ages and looking beyond the musical horizon. Guest performances on almost every continent and collaborations with guests from all over the world have established the reputation of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in the international classical music world.  

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