Lorenzo Viotti leads his Netherlands Philharmonic

The Impossible Love of Tristan and Isolde

'A memorial to love', Wagner called his opera Tristan und Isolde . Britten's Violin Concerto contains a similar emotional power. Against the background of the looming Second World War, Britten, only twenty-five, composed this emotional and complex work. As Britten himself wrote to his publisher: 'It is without doubt my best piece so far. It is rather serious, I am afraid, but there are a few tunes in it!'.

Lorenzo Viotti with the sea according to Debussy

Lorenzo Viotti concludes this concert of the Netherlands Philharmonic with La mer by Debussy, in which the composer shows his best impressionistic side. You imagine yourself on an immense ocean and enjoy a sunrise, the play of the waves and a strong salty breeze through your hair.