BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven's Violin Concerto

Update (23rd November 2021)

BBC SSO Change of Artist:  Beethoven’s Violin Concerto

Sadly Veronika Eberle has had to withdraw from this week’s BBC SSO concert, through complications due to Covid. We are grateful to Tobias Feldmann for stepping in to perform Beethoven’s Violin Concerto this Thursday at Glasgow's City Halls.  The programme, with conductor David Afkham, remains the same.  

About Tobias Feldmann  

Born in 1991 in Fulda, Germany, Tobias Feldmann received his first violin lessons at the age of seven before quickly progressing to the advanced class of Musikhochschule Würzburg. He then completed his studies in Berlin at the Musikhochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler” with Antje Weithaas. At age of 26, Tobias was appointed as a professor at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg, making him one of the youngest violin professors in the history of Germany.

Click here to access the online programme for this Thursday’s concert.

BEETHOVEN                   

Violin Concerto (c.44 mins)

UNSUK CHIN                       

Subito con forza (c.5 mins) 

SCHUMANN                        

Symphony No.3 ‘Rhenish’ (c.34 mins)

Tobias Feldmann, violin

David Afkham, conductor

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven’s power to inspire composers and performers never dims. When the 16 year-old Veronika Eberle played his serene Violin Concerto with Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic at the 2006 Salzburg Festival, the musical world sat up and took notice. Here she returns to her musical calling-card under the baton of David Afkham. Unsuk Chin has also fallen under Beethoven’s spell: he’s the inspiration for her freshly-minted Subito con forza, which receives its UK Premiere at this summer’s BBC Proms. There’s no denying that Robert Schumann’s Third Symphony bears the stamp of Ludwig’s innovations too - but it has a sweep and panache all of its own, as it conjures vistas of Cologne Cathedral and the Rhineland.  

Venue notice

Please be aware that scaffolding is in place around the exterior of the building due to essential maintenance. However, the main entrance to City Halls remains accessible for customers.