The Celebrity Series of Boston Presents the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra with Riccardo Chailly & Nicholaj Znaider

The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra ‘s unique timbre, its virtuosic flexibility, its musicians’ rapture-inducing, infectious joy, coupled with the profound sincerity of their music-making, are the unmistakable characteristics of this beloved institution, the oldest civic symphony orchestra in the world.

“Riccardo Chailly and the Leipzig Gewandhaus undertook a reappraisal of Mendelssohn… Nikolaj Znaider was the sensational soloist.” – The Guardian

Program:
Mendelssohn | The Hebrides (Overture)
Beethoven | Violin Concerto
Mendelssohn | Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”

Celebrity Series Board of Overseers Annual Event

Sponsored by Eleanor and Frank Pao

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