Light and dark, light and shadow – these contrasts are closely juxtaposed in this programme by the Chamber Orchestra of Europe: in Haydn’s Symphony No. 34, the sombre D minor and serene D major alternate. Minor modes also give the violin concerto by the 13-year-old Mendelssohn a tragic character, while Hummel’s G major concerto conveys above all light-heartedness. Janáček, on the other hand, offers musical sketches of quarrelling animals in his Concertino. In addition to such varied moods, virtuosity does not come up short in these concertante works.
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Dénes Várjon piano and direction
Veronika Eberle violin
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 34 in D minor/major
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Concerto for Piano, Violin and Orchestra in G major, op. 17
Veronika Eberle violin
Leoš Janáček
Concertino, JW VII/11
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Orchestra in D minor
Veronika Eberle violin
Supported by the Aventis Foundation
