Clara-Jumi Kang plays Prokofjev
Music to fall head over heels in love with.
"Her name was Nina; she was young, beautiful, and intelligent, and she became his pupil. Sergei Prokofiev, only four years her senior, fell for her head over heels. Madly in love, he jotted down a tender melody in his notebook, which would later blossom into his enchanting First Violin Concerto two years later. Classical in form, like the concertos of Mozart and Beethoven, yet as elusive as a sweet dream. Music to fall head over heels in love with.
Programme & performers
Beethoven
Second Symphony
Prokofjev
Violin concerto
Mozart
Symphony no. 39


flawless

Drawing beautiful sounds from her 1702 Thunis Stradivarius violin, she gave a vibrantly intense performance... her technique throughout was marvellously secure and commanding.
