Enjoy Gordan Nikolić in a double role. As solo violinist in Brahms' Violin Concerto, a heavenly work that Nikolić knows like no other. And as leader from the first desk in Mozart's Jupiter Symphony. So a heavenly violin concerto and a divine symphony, spiced with a touch of Bartók.
Brahms' violin concerto by master violinist Gordan Nikolić
Gordan Nikolić in spotlight
The Netherlands Chamber Orchestra lets its leader and violinist Gordan Nikolić shine in Brahms' Violin Concerto , one of the most beautiful ever written. Especially the slow movement, which the composer had called, with a sense of understatement, an “inane adagio,” has become immortal. Nikolić knows the work like no other. During his time as concertmaster with the London Symphony Orchestra, he gave a memorable interpretation of it with that orchestra.
From Brahms heavenly violin concerto to Mozart's divine symphony
As the second work on the program, Mozart's Symphony No. 41 . He himself never heard this one, but after his death it became his most famous symphony. And rightly so because the sparkling music stands like a house. Just listen to the finale in which Mozart weaves no fewer than five melodies into a beautiful unity. No wonder the symphony was later named after the Greek supreme god Jupiter, a name the work still bears with honor. Prior to these divine sounds, the concert begins earthily with the beautiful Romanian Dances, for which Bartók was inspired by Romanian folk music.
