CGIL union has launched a strike for the Filarmonica della Scala concert on December 21. The concert was the 5th concert of the 2010/11 Beethoven-Schönberg cycle that featured Schönberg's Kammersymphonie and Beethoven's Ninth, conducted by Barenboim with soloists Anja Arteros, Ekaterina Gubarova, Klaus Florian Vogt and Peter Mattei. O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!
Program variations for the concert on 21 December 2011
Due to a strike organized by the CGIL-SLC trade union, the program of the concert on 21 December will be varied as follows:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore, Overture No 3 in C maj. op. 72a
Arnold Schönberg
Kammersymphonie in E maj. op.9
Ludwig van Beethoven
Concert No 5 in E flat maj. op.73 “Imperatore”
Soloist Maurizio Pollini