Baltimore, Md. (PRWEB) November 09, 2012 Audience-favorite Mario Venzago will lead the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and Argentinian-born cellist Sol Gabetta in Elgars Cello Concerto on Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 8 p.m. at The Music Center at Strathmore and Friday, November 30, 2012 and Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 8pm at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Maestro Venzago and Ms. Gabettas recording of Elgars Cello Concerto (released on the RCA label in 2010) earned praise from music critics. Also on the program are Liszts lively Mephisto Waltz No. 1 and Francks Symphony in D Minor. Please see below for complete program details. Elgars Cello Concerto is one of the most significant works in the cello repertoire. Elgar completed his cello concerto in 1919, just after the first World War, following a four year period in which he withdrew from composing almost entirely. The ravages of the War depressed him and it is in this stirring work that he bids a touching adieu to Englands lost era of simplicity and peace. Award-winning Argentinean cellist Sol Gabetta makes her BSO debut with this monumental work. Grammophone Magazine praised her recording of this work, “Sol Gabetta’s Elgar Concerto is one of the best around, a heartfelt, tonally rounded performance, intimate and wholly at one with Mario Venzago’s generally subtle handling of the orchestral score…Hers is a softly spoken presence, especially beautiful in those infinitely sad modulations that fall towards the end of the piece.” Liszts musical retelling of Hungarian poet Nikolaus Lenaus account of the Faust legend so scandalized Liszts early listeners that it was banned in London following its premiere in 1861. As the Faust legend goes, the title character sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for enduring youth, wisdom and pleasure. In the Mephisto Waltz No. 1, or Dance at the Village Inn, Faust and Mephistopheles stumble upon a peasants wedding. Finding the music lacking, Mephistopheles takes a violin from one of the musicians. While he plays, Faust flirts with the innkeepers daughter. Mephistopheles music becomes increasingly erotic as Faust lures her away for their woodland tryst. C Mario Venzago Leads Award- Winning Cellist Sol Gabetta and BSO in Elgars Cello Concerto, Nov. 29-Dec. 1

Baltimore, Md. (PRWEB) November 09, 2012

Audience-favorite Mario Venzago will lead the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and Argentinian-born cellist Sol Gabetta in Elgars Cello Concerto on Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 8 p.m. at The Music Center at Strathmore and Friday, November 30, 2012 and Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 8pm at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Maestro Venzago and Ms. Gabettas recording of Elgars Cello Concerto (released on the RCA label in 2010) earned praise from music critics. Also on the program are Liszts lively Mephisto Waltz No. 1 and Francks Symphony in D Minor. Please see below for complete program details.

Elgars Cello Concerto is one of the most significant works in the cello repertoire. Elgar completed his cello concerto in 1919, just after the first World War, following a four year period in which he withdrew from composing almost entirely. The ravages of the War depressed him and it is in this stirring work that he bids a touching adieu to Englands lost era of simplicity and peace. Award-winning Argentinean cellist Sol Gabetta makes her BSO debut with this monumental work. Grammophone Magazine praised her recording of this work, “Sol Gabetta’s Elgar Concerto is one of the best around, a heartfelt, tonally rounded performance, intimate and wholly at one with Mario Venzago’s generally subtle handling of the orchestral score…Hers is a softly spoken presence, especially beautiful in those infinitely sad modulations that fall towards the end of the piece.”

Liszts musical retelling of Hungarian poet Nikolaus Lenaus account of the Faust legend so scandalized Liszts early listeners that it was banned in London following its premiere in 1861. As the Faust legend goes, the title character sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for enduring youth, wisdom and pleasure. In the Mephisto Waltz No. 1, or Dance at the Village Inn, Faust and Mephistopheles stumble upon a peasants wedding. Finding the music lacking, Mephistopheles takes a violin from one of the musicians. While he plays, Faust flirts with the innkeepers daughter. Mephistopheles music becomes increasingly erotic as Faust lures her away for their woodland tryst.

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Mario Venzago Leads Award- Winning Cellist Sol Gabetta and BSO in Elgars Cello Concerto, Nov. 29-Dec. 1