It took Mendelssohn six years to complete. Do you think it took Christian Tetzlaff six years to learn to play Mendelssohn's "Violin Concerto"? Perhaps. The answer depends on what age he started to learn the work.

Should be a 'hot' broadcast [pun intended!] as there's 'fiery' music on tonight's "Evening Concert".

Sibelius wanted to be one of the great violinists. He never succeeded at it. However, he left posterity an amazing violin concerto that continues to delight to this day.

Kavakos is a violinistic (is that a word?) force to be reckoned with!