Dec.
24
2024
Tuesday 12/24/24 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM
Blomstedt Conducts Dvorak 8
This week, Herbert Blomstedt leads Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 and Cello Concerto, featuring Romanian cellist Andrei Ioniţă. Plus, hear the 1959 RCA recordings of Respighi’s Fountains of Rome and Johann Strauss, Jr.’s Thunder and Lightning Polka, led by Fritz Reiner.
Antonín Dvořák Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104
Andrei Ioniță, cello
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
Ottorino Respighi Fountains of Rome
Johann Strauss, Jr. Thunder and Lightning Polka, Op. 324
Fritz Reiner, conductor
