John Nelson returns to the Aspen Music Festival
August 15, 2017
John Nelson returns to the Aspen Music Festival on 18 August, to conduct a varied programme of works by Vaughan Williams, Shostakovich, Roussel and Kodály. The opening piece, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, is followed by a performance of Shostakovich’s second cello concerto, with soloist Alisa Weilerstein. The concert closes with two dance works: Symphonic Fragments from Le festin de l’araignée by Roussel and Kodály’s Dances of Galánta, with their captivating Hungarian folk melodies.
Further information about the concert can be found on the Aspen website.
