Sheku Kanneh-Mason performs Weinberg on EBU, Wed 12/11 @ 8pm

Classical 91.5 WXXO-FM

Published December 6, 2024 at 11:43 AM EST

Sheku Kanneh-Mason – the inspirational young British cellist who’s changed the way we think about classical music, performs the haunting, unfairly neglected concerto by one of Shostakovich’s best friends - Weinberg and the Liverpool Philharmonic.

Young British black cellist in grey ribbed sweater poses with cello

12/4 Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte, Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2, Boléro (Yuja Wang, p; Berlin Philharmonic; Kirill Petrenko, cond)

12/11 Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade Weinberg: Cello Concerto Elgar: Symphony No. 1 (Sheku Kanneh-Mason, c; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Andrew Manze, cond)

12/18 Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 Ravel: Alborada del gracioso de Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy de Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite Nos. 1 and 2 (James Ehnes, v; BBC Philharmonic; Juanjo Mena, cond)

12/25 Wennäkoski: Helsinki Variations Bates: Piano Concerto Dvořák: Symphony No. 5 (Daniil Trifonov, p; German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin; Ruth Rheinhardt, cond)