Midori
Festival Strings Lucerne

Honegger Pastorale d’été, H. 31
Dubugnon Caprice IV “Es muss sein!”, Op. 72, No. 4
Schumann Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO 23
Beethoven Romance in F major, No. 2
Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 60

Wowing audiences since her debut with The New York Philharmonic at the age of 11, the Japanese-born phenom joins the Swiss ensemble. Midori is equally at home on concert stages worldwide as she is in her role as global human rights activist. Though debuting at The Soraya, she is no stranger to Los Angeles, where she acts as Distinguished Professor at USC. She appears twice on the program— Beethoven’s Romance in F major and Robert Schumann’s Violin Concerto in D minor, a piece shrouded in mystery, having been relegated to secrecy for eight decades following Schumann’s death in 1856. The program closes with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4, one of the least performed of his symphonic works.

Performance Underwritten by Colburn Foundation; Kathleen P. Martin