Estimated duration

2 h, incl. intermission

Organizer

Helsingin kaupunginorkesteri

Violinist Malin Broman leads French music from three centuries and performs as soloist of one of the most challenging virtuoso pieces in music history.

Malin Broman, lead, violin

Louise Farrenc: Overture No. 1 in E-minor
Gabriel Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande
Maurice Ravel: Tzigane
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie, music from the opera
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 31 “Paris”

“Paris is like a cesspool, its streets are muddy, its inhabitants are arrogant and they have bad taste.” The young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s impressions of the City of Light were not flattering. However, during a visit to Paris in 1778, Mozart accepted a commission for a symphony, which he composed to suit the “noisy symphonic taste” of Parisians.

Twenty-six years later, Louise Farrenc was born in the same city. She grew up surrounded by sculptors, painters and artistic women. Farrenc became a concert pianist, composer and the only female professor at the Paris Conservatory in the 19th
century.

Season tickets on sale 28 October – 24 November, single tickets go on sale 2 December.