Lorenzo Gatto & National Orchestra of Belgium: Mussorgsky, Vieuxtemps, Dusapin
About the Event
“A symphony with a violin solo” is how the composer Hector Berlioz described Henri Vieuxtemps’s Violin Concerto No. 4. And the orchestra does indeed play a prominent role in this composition. Vieuxtemps makes the listener wait for the soloist, opening his concerto with a stately andante for the orchestra instead. Even so, the violinist is the real star of this concert. This evening we are lucky to have the Belgian rising star Lorenzo Gatto as the soloist. We will celebrate with him the 200th birth year of Henri Vieuxtemps, which was born in Verviers in 1820.
Practical Information
Programme:
Extenso, solo n° 2 pour orchestre Pascal Dusapin
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra no. 4, op. 31 Henry Vieuxtemps
Pictures at an exhibition (orchestration Maurice Ravel) Modest Mussorgsky
Cast / Production
Belgian National Orchestra – Andrew Gourlay conductor – Lorenzo Gatto violin
