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James Ehnes performs Brahms’ Violin Concerto

6 – 8 March 2025

In the Concert Hall

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Classical Music

The soaring first movement of Brahms’ Violin Concerto is worth the price of admission alone. It’s a breathtaking introduction to one of the most incredible concertos ever written. 

In a class of his own.

The Times on James Ehnes

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Evocative storytelling

James Ehnes is one of the greatest violinists in the world, his performances praised for their astounding lyricism and beauty.

Rising star Finnegan Downie Dear, a protégé of Simone Young, conducts Ehnes in this concert of evocative works by master storytellers. He takes us from the Hungarian folk music-infused passages of Brahms’ concerto to Rimsky-Korsakov’s spirited Capriccio espagnol, complete with violins and cellos imitating Spanish guitars. 

And kicking off a year of celebrations for the 150th birthday of the great French composer Maurice Ravel (born 7 March 1875), his Mother Goose with its cast of fairy-tale characters – including Sleeping Beauty, Tom Thumb and Beauty and the Beast – captures his trademark charm and rich orchestral colour.

Enchanting from start to finish.

Presented by Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Programme

BRAHMS Violin Concerto
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio espagnol*
RAVEL Mother Goose (complete) 
*Features in the Saturday 8 March performance only

Artist information

FINNEGAN DOWNIE DEAR conductor
JAMES EHNES violin

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