Conductor          André de Ridder
Soloist                 Antje Weithaas (violin)

Mendelssohn     Symphony No.1
Nico Muhly          New 3 minute piece (UK Premiere)
Schoenberg       Chamber Symphony No.1
Mendelssohn     Violin Concerto

Familiar and unfamiliar Mendelssohn frame this programme from Sinfonia Viva. His astonishingly mature 1st Symphony, written at the age of 15, is still too little known. The Violin Concerto (actually his second), on the other hand, has long been a popular favourite. American composer Nico Muhly’s new piece has been commissioned by Sinfonia Viva and is receiving its world premiere. Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony no 1 is an early work that shares something of the same expressive world as the music of Mahler and Richard Strauss - energetic and lyrical by turns.

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