Mozart’s Fifth Violin Concerto receives a spirited performance from Augustin Hadelich, with conductor Edo de Waart surrounding it with works by Richard Strauss and John Adams. As a bonus, we include Nicholas McGegan’s interpretation of a rarely encountered work by J.C. Bach.

Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 (Turkish)
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Adams Harmonielehre
Edo de Waart, conductor
Originally recorded at concerts in November 2015

J.C. Bach Symphony in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 6
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Originally recorded at concerts in February 2014

Program notes for Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Mozart’s Fifth Violin Concerto, and Adams’s Harmonielehre can be found here, and for J.C. Bach’s G minor symphony are here.

This program will be available until March 15, 2019.

Performer Biographies
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Edo de Waart, conductor
Nicholas McGegan, conductor

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TOP: Augustin Hadelich performs Mozart’s Fifth Violin Concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on November 11, 2015, in Orchestra Hall. | ©Todd Rosenberg Photography 2015

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