Latvian violinist Baiba Skride, who won first prize in the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2001, plays Mozart's Third Violin Concerto. Hugh Wolff will conduct the orchestral work Icarus in Orbit, by the pioneering African-American composer George Walker. Walker depicts the fall of Icarus, who flew too close to the sun and melted his wings, with a crashing whistle. In addition, the dedicated American jazz pianist and composer Anthony Davis will present Notes from the Underground, based on music by Duke Ellington. The Polish composer Lutoslawski later turned his back on the folkloric style that culminated in his Concerto for Orchestra, but the work played a major role in his breakthrough in the West.
Belgian National Orchestra & Wolff
Location: Rue Ravenstein, 23, 1000 Brussels
