Lorin Maazel’s final Philharmonic appearance features Tchaikovsky's searingly romantic Romeo and Juliet, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5, and a collaboration with Jennifer Koh as the soloist for Lutosławski’s Chain 2.
TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–93)
Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy (1869; rev. 1870 and 1880)
LUTOSŁAWSKI (1913–99)
Chain 2: Dialogue for Violin and Orchestra (1984–85)
1. Ad libitum
2. A battuta
3. Ad libitum
4. A battuta — Ad libitum — A battuta
SHOSTAKOVICH (1906–75)
Symphony No. 5 (1937)
1. Moderato
2. Allegretto
3. Largo
4. Allegro non troppo