Skt. Hans Koncert by Tchaikovsky, P. I., De Sarasate, Elgar, Mendelssohn, Ġim 23 Ġun 2023, Minn (2023/2023), Surmast Direttur Johannes Wildner, Koncertsalen Alsion, Sønderborg, Denmark

The concert begins with the Sérénade mélancolique written for the Hungarian violinist Leopold Auer, who was professor of violin at the Imperial Conservatory in Saint Petersburg from 1868. Tchaikovsky was a professor at the Moscow Conservatory from 1866 and must have known Auer by virtue of his reputation as a violinist. Then the trip to Spain with the Carmen fantasy, which is one of Sarasate's best-known works – a work full of temperament and real passion inspired by the opera Carmen. It is considered one of the most challenging and technically demanding pieces for the violin. After Elgar's beautiful Salut d'amour, the concert ends with Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, which was written for a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare of the same name. This became one of Mendelssohn's most popular works and has since been performed countless times around the world.