Westchester Philharmonic: The Greatest Cello Concerto

Kazem Abdullah, conducting
Joshua Roman, cello

Mozart: Overture to Cosi fan tutti
Saint-Saëns: Concerto for cello No. 1 in A minor
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4

“The greatest cello concerto.” That’s what Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich said about Saint-Saëns’ emotionally powerful work, and in the gifted hands of Joshua Roman, let the debate begin. By the time Kazem Abdullah ascends our podium for the 3rd time this December, he will be just a few weeks removed from leading the Met’s highly-anticipated production of Anthony Davis’ X: The Life and Times of Malcom X.