Esa-Pekka Salonen returns to the CSO podium for Ravel’s Mother Goose and Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements. In between, Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto introduces a 2021 concerto by Bryce Dessner. The broadcast rounds out with a 1990 recording of Bartók’s Divertimento for String Orchestra led by eighth music director Sir Georg Solti.
Salonen & Kuusisto

Esa-Pekka Salonen
Playlist
Maurice Ravel: Mother Goose
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Bryce Dessner: Violin Concerto
Pekka Kuusisto, violin; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Igor Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Sir Georg Solti, conductor