Mario Venzago is a storyteller — in words, if one is lucky enough to speak with him, but more importantly through the music he shares with audiences. Little wonder, then, that he is a favorite guest conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and a hands down choice for Thursday’s presentation of Elgar’s “Cello Concerto” at Strathmore, featuring award-winning cellist, Sol Gabetta, making her BSO debut.
“Personally, I like the concerto very much,” said the Swiss-born Venzago, who also recorded the piece with Gabetta in 2010. “Elgar was very aged when he wrote the piece [but] it was written for young people. It’s a little bit the story of a young man that looks back. So I think the combination of me as an older conductor and she as a young soloist is perfect.”
