Auckland Philharmonia | Classic Series: Mendelssohn's Violin

Conductor Giordano Bellincampi
Violin Benjamin Beilman

Schubert Overture in the Italian Style in D
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto

Beethoven Symphony No.2

‘A violin concerto in E minor keeps running through my head,’ Mendelssohn wrote to a friend, ‘and the opening gives me no peace.’ His feverish creativity led to one of the world’s favourite violin concertos, played for us by one of the world’s most exciting violinists.

Schubert never visited Italy, although you’d never know it from his cheerful homage to Italian music. More cheer in Beethoven’s lithe Second Symphony, with its generous slow movement and breathless finale.

Presented by Auckland Philharmonia as part of the 2026 Classic Series - enduring orchestral masterpieces that you know and love - learn more at aucklandphil.nz

Est. running time two hours, including a twenty minute interval