CBSO/Andris Nelsons
Catherine Bott presents the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of newly-appointed conductor Andris Nelsons, performing music by Adams, Dvorak and Bartok.
Catherine Bott presents a concert given at Birmingham's Symphony Hall, with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of newly-appointed conductor Andris Nelsons, in music by Adams, Dvorak and Bartok.
Featuring John Adams' The Chairman Dances, an orchestral arrangement of music from his opera Nixon in China, followed by Dvorak's Cello Concerto with German virtuoso Alban Gerhardt as soloist.
Alban Gerhardt (cello)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons (conductor)
Adams: The Chairman Dances
Dvorak: Cello Concerto
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
Followed by a focus on the Minnesota Orchestra's most recent recordings:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, last movement
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
BIS SACD-1816
Stephen Paulus: To Be Certain of the Dawn (III. Visions - Voices of Survivors & V鈥檃 Havta Le Reacha Kamocha)
Minnesota Orchestra
Minnesota Chorale
Minnesota Boychoir
Barry Abelson, cantor
Elizabeth Futral, soprano
Osmo Vanska, conductor
Stephen Paulus, composer
BIS CD-1726
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