Performed in November 2017, Janine Jansen’s performance of Sibelius’ Violin Concerto left audiences spellbound.
Compelling and uncanny, Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto is a Nordic soundscape of dark brilliance, colliding unrepentant virtuosity with complex structural developments. Sibelius’ only concerto reflects his love of traditional folk melodies, with its final movement memorably described as a ‘polonaise for polar bears’.