Concert THE TREASURES OF ROMANTICISM

Thursday, October 21, 2021, 07:00 p.m.

Theodore Kuchar, conductor, USA
Jan Gunnar Sørbø, piano, Norway

program:

Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Overture in B flat major

Edvard Hagerup Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16

Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61    

Under the direction of long-time guest conductor Theodor Kuchar, Slovak Sinfonietta presents an interesting evening full of virtuoso romantic music of Slovak, Norwegian and German provenance. As a soloist, the outstanding Norwegian pianist Jan Gunnar Sørbø will appear for the first time in Žilina in one of the most beautiful piano concertos ever.

The concert was held within the framework of the Fatra House of Arts renovation project “Let’s turn over a new leaf”.  

photo credit: Roderik Kučavík