MSO: Jaime Conducts Brahms and Ravel

Climb to the peak of the violin repertoire with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and violinist James Ehnes, before celebrating Ravel’s 150th birth year with a rare performance of the full ballet score for Daphnis et Chloé. Musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music join the MSO under the direction of Jaime Martín to perform some of the most arresting music ever written.

Brahms’ Violin Concerto was written for the famed virtuoso Joseph Joachim, who quickly declared it one of the four great German violin concertos. It is the perfect way to showcase the brilliance of MSO Artist in Residence James Ehnes.

Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé is an extraordinary vision of what the composer called ‘the Greece of my dreams’. Commissioned by the revered choreographer Serge Diaghilev, Daphnis et Chloé is a story of two lovers, brought to life by some of Ravel’s most gorgeous melodies and sensuous Impressionistic harmonies. Experience Ravel’s masterpiece in its sublime original form.