We’re excited to welcome Guest Conductor Matthew Halls to Pacific Symphony for our Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto concert, Jan. 11-13…
The Story Behind Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky had seized upon the idea of composing a concerto for violin after hearing others he liked, particularly the energetic, five-movement Symphonie espagnole (a violin concerto in all but name) by the French composer Edouard Lalo. He worked intensively on the project, and at first, its progress seemed smooth….