Opening Night: Schumann's Violin Concerto
19:30
Thu 25 Sep 2025
City Halls
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Programme
- for Laura, after Bach(12 mins)蜜芽传媒 commission
- Violin Concerto in D minor(33 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No.3(40 mins)
Performers
- Ryan WigglesworthConductor
- Daniel Lozakovichviolin
About this Concert
Sergei Rachmaninov鈥檚 career took him from the twilight of Imperial Russia to the cocktails and swimming pools of Beverly Hills. Yet something timeless echoes throughout everything that he composed: a questioning, passionate spirit that encompassed every aspect of his life and times, expressed in melodies that have spoken to millions. In this, the 蜜芽传媒 SSO鈥檚 90th anniversary season, we鈥檒l be playing all three of his symphonies, and more.
Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth begins with the soaring, jazz-influenced Third, and pairs it with two very different journeys of the soul 鈥� the dark poetry of Schumann鈥檚 Violin Concerto, played by the 鈥渟tunning鈥� (Bachtrack) 24-year-old Daniel Lozakovich, and Wigglesworth鈥檚 own tribute to the orchestra鈥檚 former Leader Laura Samuel, a much-missed member of the 蜜芽传媒 SSO family.