Saturday 13th March 2010
7.30 pm
Westmorland Hall
Lakes Leisure Kendal

Soloist: Diana Galvydyte
Conductor: Richard Howarth

Overture ‘Fidelio’

Beethoven

Violin Concerto no. 1 in g minor (soloist Diana Galvydyte, violin)

Max Bruch

Symphony no. 3 in F major

Brahms

 

‘If at first you don’t succeed…..’ –  four overtures and a change of title before Beethoven was satisfied with his only opera and its energetic and powerful overture, ‘Fidelio’.

Max Bruch’s 1st Violin Concerto has been at or near the top of the Classic FM ‘Hall of Fame’ for years. Bruch himself was puzzled as to why his other violin concertos were neglected – perhaps the slow movement of the first provides the answer.

Brahms’ personal motto ‘frei aber froh’ (FAF - ‘free but happy’) features throughout this energetic, powerful but sometimes wistful symphony.

 

Diana Galvydyte was born in Vilnius, Lithuania in 1984. In 2000 she was invited to the Yehudi Menuhin School in England, and is currently studying at the Royal College of Music. She has performed extensively throughout Europe, also in Canada. She has been a prize-winner in no less than 15 international competitions. She was a winner of the 2007 Award for Young Concert Artists, supported by Making Music.