De Doelen, Rotterdam

Repertoire

• Wennäkoski Hava
• Sibelius Violin Concerto
• Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5

Performers

• Dima Slobodeniouk conductor
• Christian Tetzlaff violin

The London Philharmonic Orchestra perform at Rotterdam's De Doelen.

The London Philharmonic Orchestra with a Finnish twist: Dima Slobodeniouk, Lotta Wennäkoski and, of course, Sibelius. And although star violinist Christian Tetzlaff is not Finnish, his connection to Sibelius’ famous and infamous Violin Concerto is all the stronger: “I think Sibelius did for his century what Beethoven did for his.”

The Sibelius Violin Concerto is one of those high mountains that a violinist has to climb. Christian Tetzlaff has climbed it several times – and not without success.

Together with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Russian-Finnish conductor Dima Slobodeniouk, this is the perfect cast, with Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony as the perfect finale and Lotta Wennäkoski’s Hava as a thrilling overture.