Week of October 19, 2009

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Andrew Litton, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
Kare Nordstoga, organ

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Program:
RACHMANINOV: Isle of the Dead
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto
SAINT-SAENS: Symphony No. 3
HARALD SÆVERUD: I. Lento (Once upon a Time) from Symphony no. 8 "Minnesota", Op. 40 -Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Kitajenko, conductor (Simax 3124)

Description:
Conductor Andrew Litton says violinist Hilary Hahn is so amazingly good it's as if she has keys, not strings, under her left hand. Hahn celebrates her 30th birthday next month, and we find her in western Norway playing Tchaikovsky with Litton's Bergen Philharmonic.

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