The Cambridge Concert

Interpreters

Concertmaster Conducting
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Programme

Edvard Grieg
“From Holberg’s Time”. Suite in the Old Style, Op. 40

Max Bruch
Kol Nidrei, Op. 47, for cello and strings

Camille Saint-Saëns
Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28, for violin and strings

Piotr Iljitsch Tschaikowsky
Souvenir de Florence op. 70

On 13 June 1893, five composers from five European countries received honorary doctorates from Cambridge, England's oldest university: Camille Saint-Saëns from France, Max Bruch from Germany, Arrigo Boïto from Italy, Edvard Grieg from Norway and Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky from Russia. The colourful and dazzling sound portrait of Europe from this era is brought together in a programme that reveals many folk music influences. Close your eyes and dream away!