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Program

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture

Sergei Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63

1. Allegro moderato

2. Andante assai

3. Allegro, ben marcato

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas

Passagalia in G minor. Solo violin

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

1. Andante - Allegro con anima

2. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza

3. Valse. Allegro moderato

4. Finale. Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace

Hans Graf conducts Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev — With Benjamin Schmid

Singapore Symphony Orchestra

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Cast

Benjamin Schmid — Violinist

Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Hans Graf — Conductor

Program notes

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra, led by Music Director Hans Graf, performs some of the repertoire's most romantic melodies in a sumptuous rendition of Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet. Considered by the composer as one of his most beautiful works, this "Fantasy Overture" is a sublime musical expression of the passion and torment of literature's most famous star-crossed lovers. Following this grand introduction with more moments of deep lyricism, violinist Benjamin Schmid joins the SSO to perform the solo part in Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, full of enchanting melodic lines by turns light and lyrical, dark and tumultuous. The musicians conclude their program in monumental style with Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, an exploration of ineluctable fate that finishes in an explosion of color and emotion.

A closer look: featured composers

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Sergei Prokofiev

Further listening: featured works

Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Composer)