Dvořák Cello Concerto

"A piece of wood that screeches at the top and hums at the bottom" - not a very flattering description for a cello. This quote comes from Antonín Dvořák himself, who composed one of the most beautiful cello concertos ever. Anyone who listens to this music knows: Dvořák must have secretly loved the cello. He wrote the concerto in the winter of 1894/95 in New York, but American influences are not evident in it. Instead, it contains everything we love and appreciate about Dvořák: wonderfully melodic tunes, often tinged with sounds from Dvořák's homeland of Bohemia, grand dramatic crescendos, and lyrical goosebump-inducing moments. And for the cellist, there are plenty of opportunities to showcase the qualities of their instrument. In our performance, cellist legend Truls Mørk plays, from whom Tabita Berglund herself learned. Before starting her career as a conductor, she studied the cello! For her debut as the First Guest Conductor, she has also chosen Bartók's "Concerto for Orchestra," whose finale can confidently be described as one of the most thrilling, ecstatic movements in 20th-century music.