The Music of Brahms and Sibelius

Presented by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra as part of the Classical Traditions series at the Chan Centre

Karina Canellakis, conductor

Esther Yoo, violin*

DVOŘÁK Noon Witch

SIBELIUS Violin Concerto*

BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 in F Major

The youngest-ever prizewinner of the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in 2010, Esther Yoo performs the extraordinary Violin Concerto by that competition’s namesake, on the 1704 “Prince Obolensky” Stradivarius violin. Outstanding young American conductor Karina Canellakis returns, directing the beautiful Third Symphony of Johannes Brahms.