Enigma Variations w/ Brussels Philharmonic, Liza Ferschtman & Felix Mildenberger
Schedule
Fri, 24 Oct, 2025 at 08:15 pm
UTC+02:00Location
Eugène Flageyplein 18, 1050 Brussels, Belgium | Ixelles, BU
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'A dark saying that must be left unguessed.’ Fourteen variations on a single theme—it sounds simple, almost trivial, maybe even a bit dull. Yet the playful sketch Elgar improvised one evening at the piano grew into one of the most iconic works in the symphonic repertoire.
'Music begins where the possibilities of language end.’
Jean Sibelius composed his only violin concerto for himself—or perhaps for the dream he once held dear. ‘For ten years, my greatest ambition was to become a violin virtuoso,’ he wrote in his diary at the age of fourteen. That dream would never come true, and in his concerto, one hears both the sorrow of that loss and a deep, intuitive understanding of the instrument.
♫ 𝟐𝟎:𝟏𝟓 𝐁𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐒 𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐂 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄
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• Jean Sibelius, Violin Concerto in D minor
• Edgar Elgar, Variations on an Original Theme for orchestra (Enigma)
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★ with Liza Ferschtman (violin)
★ conducted by Felix Mildenberger
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► 18:00 doors open
► 18:30 lecture: Elgar Deconstructed by Florestan Bataillie (EN)
► 19:30 introduction: Sander De Keere (EN)
► 20:15 concert (without intermission)
► 21:35 end
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𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘛𝘢𝘹 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘨𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘛𝘢𝘹 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳
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Where is it happening?
Eugène Flageyplein 18, 1050 Brussels, Belgium, Eugène Flageyplein 18, 1050 Elsene, België, Ixelles, BelgiumEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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