Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra / Vengerov / Chung

»It is thanks to you that my love for my work has returned with redoubled vigour. Never, never, not for a moment will I forget that you have helped me to continue living my artistic profession.« Peter Tchaikovsky wrote this in November 1877 to his patron and friend Nadezhda von Meck, who had enabled him to recuperate in the Swiss spa town of Clarens on Lake Geneva after a serious crisis. The positive vitality he regained here is also reflected in the violin concerto he composed there. It is on the programme for the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra's first performance at the Vienna Konzerthaus. The soloist is Maxim Vengerov, who has already wowed audiences here in various orchestral and chamber music concerts. Like the conductor of the evening, Myung-Whun Chung, the dedicated violinist is a UN Goodwill Ambassador. In the second half of the concert, Chung, who has already been chief conductor of the Paris Opéra Bastille, the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and principal guest conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden, will conduct Igor Stravinsky's »Le sacre du printemps«.