Janine Jansen — Verbier Festival, 2017

Live capture of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, with Janine Jansen as soloist. This live performance was filmed at the 2017 Verbier Festival in Switzerland, where the Dutch violinist is joined by the Verbier Festival Orchestra conducted by Mikhail Pletnev — the Russian pianist and conductor, here on the podium. Distributed by Deutsche Welle as part of its classical-music series, the capture presents the complete work, one of the most demanding violin concertos of the Romantic repertoire. It follows all three movements: the opening Allegro moderato with its extended cadenza, the elegiac central Canzonetta (Andante), and the folk-inflected Finale (Allegro vivacissimo). The festival orchestra, gathering young musicians from around the world, engages with a soloist known for her tone and intensity. This filmed full concert documents a live reading of Tchaikovsky’s concerto in the summer setting of Verbier, a major classical-music gathering in the Swiss Alps.