Event listing: Thursday Classics | Hollywood Bowl | Thu 11 Jul 2013 at 20:00

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Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, California, CA 90078, United States

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Programme

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich (1844-1908)	Dubinushka (The little oak stick), Op.62
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)	Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893)	Symphony no. 4 in F minor, Op.36

Performers

Los Angeles Philharmonic
Michael Tilson Thomas	Conductor
Gil Shaham	Violin

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Nordic twin peaks: the violin concertos of Nielsen and Sibelius

Kevin W Ng, 28th January

An analysis of the Violin Concertos by Jean Sibelius and Carl Nielsen as we celebrate their 150th anniversaries.

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Shaham and Tilson Thomas play Sibelius, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky at the Hollywood Bowl

Ted Ayala, 24th July

In a radio speech given by Sir Thomas Beecham to celebrate Jean Sibelius’ 90th birthday in 1955, the conductor praised the Finnish composer’s tenacity in pursuing his personal musical vision – even if that meant, as Beecham sardonically noted, that the music would go “rather over the head of [...] the public and [...] musical press”.

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