Chloé van Soeterstède conductor
Leia Zhu violin
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4, Italian
Already captivating audiences with her musical maturity, 16 year old violinist Leia Zhu is a star in the making. With a poise and musical intelligence beyond her years (The Guardian), Leia Zhu takes on one of the best-loved works in the repertoire.
Praised for her gifts of balance, attention, and acute musical sensibility (Bachtrack), Chloé van Soeterstède opens the concert with fresh and exuberant music from a 19 year old Schubert, before whisking us off to Italy in Mendelssohn’s sunny symphony – a work once described by the composer as the jolliest piece I have ever done.