European Christmas. Mendelssohn’s Symphony and Ravel’s Piano Concerto

The young Latvian conductor Andris Poga will perform together with Sinfonietta Rīga for the first time – his professional mastership was highly appreciated in Paris and Boston. Andris will conduct Symphony No. 1 by Felix Mendelssohn, written by the composer at the age of 15; Sinfonietta by Francis Poulenc resembling Haydn’s crystal-clear music; and the Piano Concerto in G major by Maurice Ravel with solo by intuitively wise Elīna Bērtiņa, the introduction and conclusion of the piece bristling with joviality and the central part bearing unworldly beauty.

Programme

Felix Mendelssohn, Francis Poulenc, Maurice Ravel

Participants

Elīna Bērtiņa, piano
Sinfonietta Rīga
Conductor Andris Poga