Marin Alsop, conductor

Alban Gerhardt, cello

 

JUDIT VARGA JUMP!

BRETT DEAN Cello Concerto

RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier Suite

 

Marin Alsop leads the second suite from Ravel’s gorgeous ballet music for Daphnis et Chloé, with its evocative portrait of dawn’s arrival, followed by the Viennese waltz-filled Suite from Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier. German cellist Alban Gerhardt performs a new Cello Concerto, written expressly for him by famed Australian composer Brett Dean. We’ll also hear JUMP! by Hungarian composer Judit Varga, renowned in Europe for her film scores.