Sol Gabetta, whose “enthusiastic music-making and animated style are completely infectious” (Classical Voice), makes her CSO debut in Shostakovich’s captivating Cello Concerto No. 1 — a riveting journey through themes of defiance, sorrow, and triumph. Electrifying conductor Klaus Mäkelä frames the program with Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony, a searing portrait of the composer’s tormented life in Stalinist Russia, and the U.S. premiere of Sauli Zinovjev’s vibrant Batteria.
Mäkelä Conducts Shostakovich 10
Sol Gabetta
(Photo: Julia Wesely)
Playlist
All pieces conducted by Klaus Mäkelä unless otherwise stated.
Strauss: Excerpts from Don Juan, Op. 20
Fritz Reiner conductor
1960 (RCA)
Sauli Zinovjev: Batteria U.S. Premiere
Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107
Sol Gabetta, cello
Pēteris Vasks: Gramata cellam – II. Dolcissimo
Sol Gabetta cello
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93
