Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony is performed much less frequently than the heroic Third Symphony and the fateful Fifth Symphony. Unjustly so, because the work captivates with its originality, humour, and spirit. Andris Nelsons, kapellmeister of the Gewandhaus Orchestra and music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, presents the symphony alongside Strauss’ Don Juan, a tone poem full of energy and sophisticated timbres. Baiba Skride also plays Sofia Gubaidulina’s violin concerto Dialog: Ich und Du – an intense, sometimes meditative, sometimes apocalyptic dialogue between solo and orchestra.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Andris Nelsons conductor
Baiba Skride violin
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, op. 60
Sofia Gubaidulina
Dialogue: I and You, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 3
Baiba Skride violin
Richard Strauss
Don Juan, op. 20
