Oeuvre: Violin Concerto no. 2 in B minor, "La Campanella," Op.7

The BBC Concert Orchestra and Barry Wordsworth were joined by Stile Antico, Jack Liebeck and Christine Rice in an exploration of the musical mind of fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. 

Der moderne klassische Konzertbetrieb neigt dazu, die gleichen Stücke mit den gleichen Künstlern immer wieder in die Konzertsäle zu bringen. An diesem Abend brachten die Münchner Symphoniker nicht nur selten gehörte Werke, sondern auch zwei zwei München-Debüts ins Prinzregententheater.

We know what to expect from a virtuoso showpiece like Paganini's second Violin Concerto: a mighty contest between man and music, for us to be on the edge of our seats marvelling at how the violinist dazzles us with notes on the edge of possibility and grand gestures, with a mild frisson of "will he really manage it?"There is another way, demonstrated by the young Japanese-American violinist Shunsk