Brahms
Tragic Overture 14'
Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D major 40'
interval
Schoenberg
Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16 16'
Gershwin
An American in Paris 18'
Christian Tetzlaff violin
St Louis Symphony
David Robertson conductor
Accompanied by an acclaimed ensemble appearing at the Proms for the first time, frequent guest Christian Tetzlaff revisits the demanding Beethoven concerto.
David Robertson has devised what might seem an unlikely second-half pairing but Schoenberg and Gershwin, both talented painters and tennis aficionados, became firm friends when relocated to Hollywood.
And we begin with Brahms, whom Schoenberg venerated, here at his most impassioned.