Shostakovich & Prokofiev 6
Read the programme notes for the concert Shostakovich & Prokofiev. ----- A delicate balance between political duty and creative expression: dark, brooding, and painfully personal.
Read the programme notes for the concert Shostakovich & Prokofiev. ----- A delicate balance between political duty and creative expression: dark, brooding, and painfully personal.
At the crossroads of Romanticism and Modernism, Rachmaninoff, Reger, and Scriabin each seek their own answer to the challenges of a world in in rapid transformation. Modern-tinged melancholy, Symbolist imagery, mystical ecstasy — boundaries blur and personal expression prevails. ----- With Kazushi Ono and Lukáš Vondráček.
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider shines as both soloist and conductor in Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto. He then brings the radical innovation of Robert Schumann’s Fourth Symphony to life from the podium.