April 27
Mäkelä Conducts Shostakovich 10
On April 2, 2024, Klaus Mäkelä was named Zell Music Director Designate of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. This week, we feature performances from that special moment, beginning with Zinovjev’s Batteria. Next, we hear two works by Shostakovich: The First Cello Concerto with Sol Gabetta, followed by a powerful reading of the Tenth Symphony.
Richard Strauss
Excerpt from Don Juan, Op. 20
Fritz Reiner conductor
1960 (RCA)
Sauli Zinovjev
Batteria
Dmitri Shostakovich
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107
Pēteris Vasks
Gramata cellam: II. Dolcissimo (encore)
Sol Gabetta cello
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
April 2024