Kanneh-Mason Plays Elgar

February 2, 2025, 8:00 pm

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Conductor Paavo Jarvi congratulates Sheku Kanneh-Mason following his CSO debut in a performance of Elgar's Cello Concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. (Photo: Todd Rosenberg Photography)

On today’s broadcast, Paavo Järvi leads the CSO in Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3, followed by Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E Minor, featuring Sheku Kanneh-Mason. Rounding out the program is Nielsen’s Symphony No. 5.

Playlist


Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Melody
Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello

Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50
Paavo Järvi, conductor
Recording for February 2024

Alberto Ginastera: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 20
Stephanie Jeong, violin
Simon Micha,l violin
Weijing Michal, viola
Kenneth Olsen, cello