Beethoven’s Violin Concerto
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Sat. Feb. 17 @ 8 p.m.
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Work
Violin Concerto
Composed When?
1806 (Napoleon blockades the British)
1989
from the vault
Conductor
Klauss Tennstedt
Violin
Kyung Wha Chung
Orchestra
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
The “One” Moment
@ 23m30s: Chung’s cadenza, begun at 20m31s, careens into one of the most beautiful renditions of a Beethoven theme you’ll hear anywhere, followed by dialogue with a bassoon and an effervescent conclusion to the first movement at 25m
2018
SAt. Feb. 17
8 p.m.
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Los Angeles
Conductor
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Violin
Vilde Frang
Orchestra