Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO Nov 30 - Dec 1. Gil Shaham, one of today's pre-eminent violinists and "a virtuoso of deeply intense sincerity" (The New York Times), performs Mendelssohn's enchanting and well-loved concerto. An acclaimed interpreter of Sibelius, Finnish conductor John Storgards makes his CSO debut leading the composer's first symphonic masterpiece.