April 16
Salonen Conducts Brahms 4
Sayaka Shoji takes on Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1, a work that revels in dusky enchantments, diabolical dances, and frisky folk tunes. Brahms’s fourth and final symphony, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, draws on a lifetime of experience and immersive study.
CONDUCTOR
Esa-Pekka Salonen
SOLOIST
Sayaka Shoji, violin*
Dmitri Shostakovich
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Opus 77(99)*
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Opus 98