Lahti Symphony Orchestra: More Than A Thousand Words

ANJA BIHLMAIER, conductor
INMO YANG, violin (The winner of The Sibelius Violin Competition 2022)

Willem Jeths: Ritratto, orchestral suite
Camille Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3
Modest Mussorgsky, orch. Maurice Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition

The eagerly-awaited opera Ritratto by Dutch composer Willem Jeths was one of the first victims of cancellation owing to Covid, but a recording online attracted tens of thousands of viewers and ecstatic reviews. The story of the heiress Luisa Casati’s obsession with portraits of herself is full of references to the greatest hits of Italian opera. The soloist at this concert is Inmo Yang, the winner of the International Jean Sibelius Competition 2022. We shall also hear Pictures at an Exhibition, Modest Mussorgsky’s most popular work, in the orchestration by Maurice Ravel.

Sibelius Violin Competition, 19.-29.5.2022 

Duration: approx. 2 hours, includes intermission.

Produced by Lahti Symphony Orchetra.