presented by the European Foundation for Support of Culture

Gil Shaham Violin
Sergey Smbatyan Conductor  

Programme

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet 
Alexey Shor Violin Concerto No. 4 in B minor
Pablo de Sarasate Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25

Grammy Award winner and leading violinist Gil Shaham returns to perform with the MPO. The programme features Alexey Shor’s enthralling Violin Concerto No. 4 in B Minor, and Pablo de Sarasate’s showpiece for violin based on the most loved themes from Bizet’s opera Carmen.  

The orchestra takes the spotlight with Tchaikovsky’s Overture from Romeo and Juliet, an orchestral fantasy brimming with sumptuous melodic themes of love, melancholia and tragic drama.