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.
Esa-Pekka Salonen & Sheku Kanneh-Mason
Sheku Kanneh-Mason (Photo: Decca Classics/Ollie Ali)
Playlist
Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
Sofia Gubaidulina: Fairytale Poem for Orchestra
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32
