VFO / TEODOR CURRENTZIS / ALEXANDRE KANTOROW
Both standard-bearers of their generation, Teodor Currentzis and Alexandre Kantorow join forces in a programme devoted to Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich, highlighting the telluric force of the former and the tragic verve of the latter.
Programme
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor Op. 43
Interval
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
Distribution
- Verbier Festival Orchestra
- Teodor Currentzis conductor
- Alexandre Kantorow piano
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There has been much speculation about the context in which Shostakovich composed his Fifth Symphony, the composer’s relations with the Stalinist regime being at their worst following the cancellation of his Fourth Symphony and his opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. Beyond the myth, this masterpiece of Shostakovich’s symphonic output is to be appreciated for its Mahlerian influences, sense of tragedy and intelligent orchestration, propelling the work into the pantheon of the great symphonies of the last century – and beyond.