Repertoire

Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116 (1943) 39′
Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77 (1878) 43′

ARTISTS

Augustin Hadelich, violin
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Barcelona Symphony Orchestra (OBC)

Programme

Béla Bartók takes on the challenge in his Concerto for Orchestra of 1943 of enunciating a discourse rich in dialogues between sections, understanding virtuosity as something organic and not in a fundamentally technical or individual sense. Exploring the possibilities of the symphonic ensemble without breaking with tradition but with a taste of timelessness, as if it had always existed, is surely one of the most compelling merits of the piece.

Johannes Brahms’ violin concerto can be considered deeply orthodox, while representative of the originality and the intensity of emotions required during Romanticism. With the permission of Beethoven, the author of a ground-breaking piece -and, therefore, a benchmark- it could be said that this is the most paradigmatic from both a formal viewpoint and in terms of content. The complexity of the orchestral treatment -arranged by the principal conductor of the OBC, Ludovic Morlot- will unfold in riveting tension with the solo voice, that of Augustin Hadelich’s violin.