Symphonic lunches

A lunch break that invigorates the mind. The Thursday lunch concerts will be bringing to the audience the best selection of the Friday night programme.

Series sponsored by BioBlock

I: SEASON OPENER

Thursday, 14 September 2023

at 1 p.m.

Ludwig van Beethoven. Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 . First movement.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551

HANS CHRISTIAN AAVIK on violin, ERSO, conductor OLARI ELTS

II: ELTS AND RANDALU

Thursday, 09 November 2023

at 1 p.m.

Toshio Hosokawa. Toshio Hosokawa’s Lotus Under the Moonlight (Hommage à Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543

KALLE RANDALU on piano, ERSO, conductor OLARI ELTS

III: BRABBINS AND LLEWELLYN

Thursday, 23 November 2023

at 1 p.m.

Jean Sibelius. Symphonic poem Tapiola, Op. 112

Ralph Vaughan Williams. Symphony No. 5 in D major

ERSO, conductor MARTYN BRABBINS

IV: BLOXHAM AND ERSO

Thursday, 14 December 2023

at 1 p.m.

Franz Schubert. Symphony No. 9 in C major, D 944,

ERSO, conductor JONATHAN BLOXHAM

V: GIORDANO BELLINCAMPI

Thursday, 18 January 2024

at 1 p.m.

Weber. Overture to the opera Euryanthe

Strauss. Symphonic poem Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40

ERSO, conductor GIORDANO BELLINCAMPI

VI: BAS WIEGERS AND THE RITE OF SPRING

Thursday, 01 February 2024

at 7 p.m.

Manuel de Falla. Nights in the Gardens of Spain

Igor Stravinsky. Rite of Spring

AGE JUURIKAS on piano, ERSO, conductor BAS WIEGERS

VII: VOLMER AND ERSO

Thursday, 15 February 2024

at 1 p.m.

Benjamin Britten. Violin Concerto, Op. 15. Third movement.

Gustav Mahler. Symphony No. 6 in A minor Excerpt

BENJAMIN BEILMAN on violin, ERSO, conductor ARVO VOLMER

VIII. OZAKI AND AAVIK

Thursday, 11 April 2024

at 1 p.m.

Robert Schumann. Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54. First movement.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425

MISORA OZAKI on piano, ERSO, conductor HENRI CHRISTOFER AAVIK