Joana Mallwitz conducts Kodály, Tchaikovsky, and Schubert with Anna Vinnitskaya by Kodály, Tchaikovsky, P. I., Schubert, Alkaen (2023/2023), Musiikinjohto Joana Mallwitz, Boston Symphony Hall, Boston, United States

German conductor Joana Mallwitz and Russian pianist Anna Vinnitskaya, both in their BSO debuts, perform Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s beloved and epic Piano Concerto No. 1, which originally premiered in Boston. The orchestra opens with the lively Dances of Galánta (1933) by Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály, which combines traditional folk melodies from the composer’s home region with a symphonic context. In closing, Schubert’s towering Symphony in C, The Great, written near the end of his life and premiered a decade after his death by none other than Felix Mendelssohn.