Schubert, Bruch and Brahms

Tuesday 1st November 2005, 7.30pm
Cadogan Hall, London, England

SCHUBERT SYMPHONY NO.8, ‘UNFINISHED’
BRUCH VIOLIN CONCERTO NO.1
BRAHMS SERENADE NO.1

An evening of romance, conducted by the versatile and genial Leonard Slatkin. Schubert’s B minor Symphony, in its ‘unfinished’ two-movement state, seems curiously perfect: visionary music of haunting atmosphere. Max Bruch’s hugely popular G minor Violin Concerto is a masterpiece, an evergreen of vitality and liquid melody; soloist David Garrett has attracted advice and tuition from both Ida Haendel and Itzhak Perlman. Although Brahms took many years to complete a first symphony, his early, six-movement comely and high-spirited Serenade is ambitiously symphonic in scale and overflows with tunes.

Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
Violin: David Garrett
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra