SFS – Jun 28

June 28
Esa-Pekka Salonen & Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Sheku Kanneh-Mason makes his Orchestral Series debut with Dmitri Shostakovich’s subtly sinister Cello Concerto No. 1. Sofia Gubaidulina’s poignant Fairytale Poem portrays a small piece of chalk in the hand of a child who draws “castles, gardens with pavilions and the sea with the sun on the pavement.” Also on this concert conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen: Tchaikovsky’s Dante-inspired tone poem Francesca da Rimini.

CONDUCTOR

Esa-Pekka Salonen

SOLOIST

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello*

Dmitri Shostakovich

Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Opus 107*

Sofia Gubaidulina

Fairytale Poem for Orchestra

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Francesca da Rimini, Opus 32