Akiko Suwanai and Kahchun Wong – Dvořák and Elgar

Elgar’s celebrated Enigma Variations are fourteen musical portraits of friends, musical peers, his wife, and of himself; and the source of the divine Nimrod, the noblest, most English of English tunes. Hear this remarkable piece conducted by Kahchun Wong, Principal Conductor/Artistic Advisor of the UK’s Hallé Orchestra and Chief Conductor of the Japan Philharmonic. Japan’s prominent violinist Akiko Suwanai joins us in this programme with Dvořák’s folk-inspired Violin Concerto.

Featuring
Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Kahchun Wong, conductor / Akiko Suwanai, violin*

Programme
Arnold
Four Scottish Dances, Op. 59

Dvořák
Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53*

Elgar
Enigma Variations, Op. 36