CSO Program Notes: Adès Conducts Adès with Gerstein

03/04/2023 16 min
CSO Program Notes: Adès Conducts Adès with Gerstein

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Episode Synopsis

Come along for an engrossing program of musical storytelling as Thomas Adès conducts Liszt’s swirling treatment of the Faust legend, Janáček’s depiction of a 17th-century Cossack warrior and Sibelius’ incidental music to Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Kirill Gerstein presents Adès’ own Piano Concerto, “an affectionate, joyous, remarkably uncomplicated tribute to tradition” (The New York Times).

Learn more: cso.org/performances/22-23/cso-classical/ades-conducts-ades-with-gerstein