Beethoven and Sibelius with Kerson Leong

Kerson Leong returns to play Beethoven’s Violin Concerto.

Kerson Leong is taking the world by storm! Don’t miss this opportunity to hear a new international star perform Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. One of the most enduringly popular violin concertos, this work allows the soloist to shine with moments of brilliance and playfulness alternating with moments of heartfelt beauty.

For Sibelius, his Second Symphony was a great river flowing to the sea; others heard a musical portrait of a nation waking to freedom. From pastoral beginnings to a soul-stirring finish, this is music of power, freshness and truly epic grandeur.

Virtuoso violinist Kerson Leong shares his thoughts about what great works of music mean to him, the greatest moments in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, how his instrument (which is older than Mozart) has shaped him as a violinist and his love of learning and rediscovery in his conversation with Andrew Chung, Artistic Producer of London Symphonia. Conductor Tania Miller discusses what Sibelius means to her, the similarities between Beethoven and Sibelius and why his Symphony No. 2 is the perfect work to perform on this program.

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