Performers
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
Volodymyr Sirenko – conductor
Dmytro Tkachenko – violin
Program
Jean Sibelius – Finlandia, Op. 26
Max Bruch – Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Borys Lyatoshynsky – Grażyna, symphonic ballad
Franz Liszt – Mazeppa, symphonic poem No. 6
Admission 30, 26, 20 € Tickets
It is a great honour for the BMF to welcome the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine led by Volodymyr Sirenko, which will feature pieces by European and Ukrainian authors in its programme. Thanks to its historical patriotic content, but especially above all its musical originality, the tone poem Finlandia belongs to Sibelius’ most popular works. Franz Liszt found the story about the Ukrainian hero Ivan Mazeppa in a prosaic poem of the French romantic writer Victor Hugo, and a poem by the Polish author Adam Mickiewicz enchanted Borys Lyatoshynsky, a significant representative of the Ukrainian 20th-century music, and inspired him to write his orchestral ballad Grazhyna, which will experience here its festival premiere. The treasure of violin literature, Max Bruch’s violin concerto, will be given by the winner of many competitions Dmytro Tkachenko.
Volodymyr Sirenko
Dmytro Tkachenko
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine