When a composer writes a concerto, they stretch a performer to the very limit 鈥� and reveal something of themselves, too. B茅la Bart贸k and Grazyna Bacewicz put the whole orchestra on dazzling display, while Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 Violin Concerto places one particular player up front and lets them sing and dance for joy.
But there鈥檚 more to each of these pieces than just great tunes and brilliant colours: and in his 大象传媒 SO debut, the remarkable young Korean violinist Inmo Yang, who recently won the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition, is sure to find all the tenderness at the heart of Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 Concerto. And as Sakari Oramo continues to explore the music of Grazyna Bacewicz, he compares her brilliant Concerto for Orchestra to the darkness and defiance of Bart贸k鈥檚 great wartime masterpiece. They have quite a lot in common鈥�
