Chicago Symphony Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Robert Levin, piano
Shostakovich
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Chamber Symphony for Strings in C Minor
Beethoven
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Piano Concerto No. 4
Schumann
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Symphony No. 3
(Rhenish)
Conductor John Eliot Gardiner and pianist Robert Levin, both known for their revelatory performances of Viennese classics, turn their attention to Beethoven’s poetic Fourth Piano Concerto. Schumann’s exciting Rhenish Symphony and Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony, an orchestral arrangement of one of his string quartets, complete the program.