Thu 4/11 @ 7:30PM
Fri 4/12 @ 11AM
Sat 4/13 @ 8PM
This week’s Cleveland Orchestra concert programming sticks to the last century, give or take a few years. The oldest piece on the program is British composer Sir Edward Elgar’s 1919 Cello Concerto, which will feature Argentine cellist Sol Gabetta as soloist. Another British composer, Sir William Walton, wrote Belshazzar’s Feast in 1931, a cantata based on biblical texts about the Jewish people escaping captivity in Babylon, a piece which will only be performed at the evening concerts. It will feature internationally noted baritone Thomas Hampson.
And the concerts open with 46-year-old Peruvian composer Jimmy López Bellido’s 2013 Perú negro which the orchestra describes as “filled with festive melodies and rollicking rhythms inspired by Afro-Peruvian folk music.”
The concerts will be led by 28-year-old Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä, who has just been named conductor-designate of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, to start in 2027. Go here for tickets.