Rachmaninov & Britten - Simone Lamsma & Brussels Philharmonic

Storminess, fierceness, intensity, but also stillness: Britten’s ‘Violin Concerto’ has enormous emotional power Rooted in the Russian tradition, but unmistakably shaped by the sounds of his new home country America: in his rich and deeply melancholic 'Third Symphony', Sergej Rachmaninov managed to capture the loss of his beloved homeland completely. And with Benjamin Brittens ‘Violin Concerto’, Simone Lamsma brings her ‘signature piece' to our Concert Hall. “Storminess, fierceness, intensity, but also stillness: the work has enormous emotional power”, she says. “After an incredible climax follows a deafening silence. For me, the moment of the concert.”