Matthias Goerne guests with PJ and the CSO

After an absence of almost a month, conducting 13 concerts all over Germany with the Munich Philharmonic and the Staatskapelle Dresden, a rested and ready Paavo returns to his Music Hall podium with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra this week for a program featuring compositions by Beethoven and Mahler. Baritone Matthias Goerne, an exceptional singer of international prominence, makes a rare concert appearance at the personal invitation of Paavo and performs another rarity: the complete “Youth’s Magic Horn” song cycle.

This week's program features Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 in C Major and Mahler's Lieder aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn ("The Youth's Magic Horn").

Concert dates are Friday, November 4 at 8 pm and Saturday, November 5 at 8 pm.

Ticket information is available by calling (513) 381-3300 or by visiting cincinnatisymphony.org.

Read the Program Notes before you go. And listen to Paavo's Notes here.

This program will air via streaming audio on WGUC, 90.9 FM, Sunday, January 22, 2006 at 7:30 pm ET.