The Bradford International Orchestral Concert Season opened last Thursday when the famous Russian orchestra paid a compliment to our jubilee year with Vaughan Williams's Fantasy on a Theme.
String section leaders encouraged their huge forces in a very satisfying performance.
Returning from their roots for Tchaikovsky, brilliant young Russian violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky electrified the well-filled hall with a riveting performance of the compost's concerto, relishing every challenge. We were treated to an exquisite encore of one of Bach's sarabandes.
Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony concluded proceedings, with particular fervour in the last movement. We then exited to the blazing Czardas from Act 3 of Swan Lake.
* The season continues with the Halle playing Beethoven and Schubert (November 23) and the annual Viennese concert (January 6). Phone 01274 432000.
John Pettitt
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