In Unsuk Chin’s Concerto for cello and orchestra, “a competitive tension between soloist and orchestra occupies centre stage”, as the composer puts it. Staatskapelle Berlin and the American cellist Alisa Weilerstein will take on this work at Musikfest Berlin. With them on the podium will be Venezuelan conductor Rafael Payare, who after the interval will present the Berlin audience with a symphonic heavyweight that is equally late Romantic and modern: Gustav Mahler’s Fifth Symphony.
Staatskapelle Berlin
Rafael Payare conductor
Alisa Weilerstein cello
Unsuk Chin
Konzert für Cello und Orchester (Neufassung 2013)
Alisa Weilerstein cello
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5
A Staatsoper Unter den Linden event in cooperation with Berliner Festspiele / Musikfest Berlin
