Tetzlaff & Tchaikovsky's Fifth by Bjarnason, D., Szymanowski, Tchaikovsky, P. I., ol. 10 aza. 2023, Noiztik (2023/2023), Zuzendaria Gustavo Gimeno, Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, United States

“One of today’s most in-demand violinists” (NPR), Christian Tetzlaff returns to Music Hall after last showcasing his “jaw-dropping virtuosity” (Cincinnati Enquirer) here in the Queen City in 2017. Conductor Gustavo Gimeno leads Tetzlaff and the CSO in Szymanowski’s sweepingly lyrical Violin Concerto and the first part of a multi-year trilogy by composer Daníel Bjarnason. Tchaikovsky’s wellspring of melodies is on display in his Fifth Symphony — opening with a fateful funeral march, winding through a sonorous solo horn song and lilting waltz, then finishing with bombastic brass.