Summary: Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO Dec 7-12. Distinguished conductor Neeme Jarvi, praised by the Los Angeles Times for his "masterful, gorgeously and dramatically shaped" interpretations, returns to Symphony Center to conduct music by two Czech masters. The program begins with selections from Smetana's The Bartered Bride and also features Dvorak's Fifth Symphony, which pays homage to Bohemia's landscape and folk dance traditions. The extraordinary Alisa Weilerstein also performs one of her favorite works, Barber's Cello Concerto, which she describes as "a very emotional piece...with fireworks and aching lyricism."
