BSO/Classical New England — 2023/09/30

 While we wait for the BSO to return to Symphony Hall, WCRB gives us another "encore broadcast," this time from last February:

Saturday, September 30th, 2023
8:00pm

In an encore broadcast, British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason makes his Boston Symphony debut with Ernest Bloch’s Schelomo, and Andris Nelsons conducts the world premiere of Carlos Simon’s Four Black American Dances and Beethoven’s poetic Symphony No. 7.

Andris Nelsons, conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

Carlos SIMON Four Black American Dances (world premiere)
Ernest BLOCH Schelomo: Rhapsodie hébraïque, for cello and orchestra
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7

This concert was originally broadcast on February 11th, 2023 and is no longer available on demand.

For information about Carlos Simon's Requiem for the Enslaved, visit Hub New Music.

For information about Sheku Kanneh-Mason's Song, visit Decca.

Listen to a preview of Bloch's Schelomo with Sheku Kanneh-Mason with the audio player above, and read the transcript below.

TRANSCRIPT:

Brian McCreath I'm Brian McCreath at Symphony Hall with Sheku Kanneh-Mason,

I posted about it at the time, and I'm confident the links to the BSO page and the reviews still work. Since I hadn't heard the conce4rt previously, I couldn't give any impressions of my own, so those links are your best source for background information. My recollection is that I found it pleasant enough to listen to when I got to hear it. So you might as well listen this evening.