Valeriy Sokolov plays Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto

Valeriy Sokolov* performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. In this work, according to one critic, the violin was 'flogged, demolished and beaten black and blue'. Tchaikovsky could quote the entire review from memory for the rest of his life.
Finally, we hear La mer by Debussy, an impressive 'portrait' of water and its appearances. Calm and rippling, but also wild and whirling. Admirers once called it 'the best French symphony ever composed'.





* The violinist Pekka Kuusisto, who was originally announced for this concert, has been cancelled for personal reasons. He will be replaced by the Ukrainian violinist Valeriy Sokolov, winner of the George Enescu International Violin Competition in Bucharest.