SALONEN CONDUCTS AN ALPINE SYMPHONY

Heckelphone, organ, thunder machine, and other orchestral effects make for a thrilling Alpine adventure, thanks to tour guide Richard Strauss, who translates these timbres into chirping birds, burbling brooks, yodeling shepherds, and raging storms. But first violin visionary Leonidas Kavakos blazes his own path into Tchaikovsky's beloved concerto--beyond its famous razzle-dazzle, close to its beating heart.


ARTISTS

Esa-Pekka Salonen
CONDUCTOR

Leonidas Kavakos
VIOLIN

San Francisco Symphony


PROGRAM

Herald, Holler and Hallelujah!
[First San Francisco Symphony Performances]
Wynton Marsalis

Violin Concerto
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

An Alpine Symphony
Richard Strauss