Unfortunately, Herbert Blomstedt, Conductor Laureate of the Staatskapelle Dresden, has to cancel his appearance at the 8th Symphony Concert at short notice due to an ear infection. This is very unfortunate, as we were all looking forward to seeing him in the 40th year since he conducted the first concert at the reopened Semperoper. American conductor Joshua Weilerstein, who recently made his successful debut with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, will conduct the symphony concert with the following modified program, with pianist Emanuel Ax joining the concerts as soloist:
Gideon Klein: Partita for String Orchestra (arr. Vojtěch Saudek)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, “From the New World”
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Blomstedt would have conducted Symphonies – Beethoven Four & Sibelius Five.
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The ear infection caused Blomstedt to recently cancel with the New York Philharmonic.