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Ligeti's Tightrope, Wagner's Gift | Scotia Festival of Music 2026

When: Sun., May 31, 2:30-4:30 p.m. 2026

György Ligeti's violin concerto is an event not to be missed: intricate, sometimes humorous, sometimes searing, and fiendishly difficult for soloist and ensemble. A total change of pace follows: Wagner's beloved "Siegfried-Idyll" was a birthday gift for his wife, Cosima, first performed on Christmas morning, 1870. And to conclude, a sparkling neo-classical Stravinsky masterpiece from 1942, written for the concert hall, but conceived as an "abstract ballet".