Klaus Mäkelä Conducts Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique

Plaintive solo lines, brass fanfares, and an Odessa street song come together in Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 2, played by Truls Mørk. The young conductor Klaus Mäkelä leads the Orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, Pathétique, a work of profound emotion that was premiered only nine days before the composer’s death. Jimmy López’s Perú negro draws on Afro-Peruvian influences as it builds to a frenzied conclusion.