For New Year’s Eve 2015, the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Sir Simon Rattle featured music by French composers. The soloist was violinist Anne – Sophie Mutter, who played selections by Ravel and Saint Saens.
Listeners get to hear Ms. Mutter perform Saint Saens’ Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, and “Tsigane” by Maurice Ravel.
Here is Ms. Mutter in the work by Saint Saens, in an arrangement for violin and piano, rather than orchestral accompaniment:
