Scotia Festival of Music 2026 | Ligeti's Tightrope, Wagner's Gift
Schedule
Sun, 31 May, 2026 at 02:30 pm
UTC-03:00Location
1385 Seymour St, Halifax, NS B3H, Canada | Halifax, NS
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György Ligeti's violin concerto is an event not to be missed: intricate, sometimes humorous, sometimes searing, and fiendishly difficult for soloist and ensemble. A total change of pace follows: Wagner's beloved Siegfried-Idyll a birthday gift for his wife, Cosima, first performed on Christmas morning, 1870. And to conclude, a sparkling neo-classical Stravinsky masterpiece from 1942, written for the concert hall, but conceived as an "abstract ballet".ON THE PROGRAM:
György Ligeti - Violin Concerto (30’)
Mark Fewer, violin
Richard Wagner - Siegfried-Idyll (18’)
Igor Stravinsky - Danses Concertantes (21’)
Scotia Festival Orchestra
Timothy Weiss, conductor
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Concert sponsor: Catherine Lazier
Prime sponsors: Fred and Elizabeth Fountain
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