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.

Also on the program, Pachelbel's "Canon" and Faure's "Elegie"...chamber works

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

The accounts vary as to whether Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto was initially well-received or not....regardless, the work is now a standarad of the piano concerto repertoire; hear it tonight.

Three works for orchestra, two of them quite famous, one potentially famous? Only time will tell.