Estimated duration

2 h, incl. intermission

Organizer

Radion sinfoniaorkesteri

Pierre Bleuse, conductor
Alina Ibragimova, violin

Henri Dutilleux: Métaboles
Igor Stravinsky: Violin Concerto D Major
Lili Boulanger: D’un soir triste
Claude Debussy: Images

“Gather impressions” said Debussy, “but don’t be in a hurry to write them down”. His philosophy opened a gateway to a century of French music defined by colour, fantasy and a truly astonishing sensitivity to human emotion – from Dutilleux’s shimmering orchestral studies to Debussy’s own vibrant salute to Spain. Our French guest conductor understands it from the inside out – and he’s the ideal partner for the “dazzling” (The Strad) Alina Ibragimova in Stravinsky’s playful concerto.