GILBERT VARGA, conductor
LEONIDAS KAVAKOS, violin
Kodaly: Galanta Dances
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No.2
Spellbinding violinist Leonidas Kavakos performs Sibelius’s towering Violin Concerto that bursts with ecstatic incantations. Kodaly’s Gypsy Dances sparkle and whirl, and the genial Second Symphony is a wonder, revealing Brahms at his most cheerful and energetic.