Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto

After winning the first edition of the Koningin Elisabethwedstrijd for cello in 2017, Victor Julien-Laferrière developed into a versatile conductor. With this program, he takes on a dual role: as soloist and conductor. He takes us on a journey through 400 years of music, which begins and ends with the Baroque. The starting point is the Derde Orkestsuite van Bach with the famous Air, then he treats us to a solo from the Eerste Celloconcert van Saint-Saëns, and via the Haffner Symfonie van Mozart we end up at Escaich. Or back at Bach, if you like. Want Baroque Song, with its Bach-like motif, is like a contemporary mirror of Baroque music. Programma Dirigent & cello: Victor Julien-Laferrière Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) / Suite no. 3 Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) / Concerto for cello no. 1 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) / Symphony no. 35 KV385 ‘Haffner’ Thierry Escaich (°1965) / Baroque Song (Belgian premiere)