Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Stella Chen

Programme; Beethoven Violin concerto in D major, OP.61 Caroline Shaw Punctum Mozart Symphony No.39 in E-flat major, K.54 Returning to its founder Sir Neville Marriner’s birthplace, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields will be joined by violinist Stella Chen to perform one of the greatest violin concertos of the nineteenth century. From the opening drumbeats, Beethoven’s Violin Concerto unfolds into a journey from wind chorales to warm string chords and orchestral climaxes, all woven together by Chen’s lyrical and expressive violin playing. Her recent recording of the concerto with ASMF showcases her clarity and poetic intensity, capturing both the work’s grandeur and its intimate lyricism.