Shaham Performs Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace from Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto

OVERVIEW

John Storgårds leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and violinist Gil Shaham — one of today’s pre-eminent violinists and “a virtuoso of deeply intense sincerity” (The New York Times) — in Mendelssohn’s enchanting and well-loved Violin Concerto. This excerpt from the third movement was recorded on November 30, 2017.

PERFORMERS

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
John Storgårds conductor
Gil Shaham violin