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Shostakovich / Weinberg / Prokofiev

Slovak Phil / Raiskin / Brunello

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Shostakovich / Weinberg / Prokofiev

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Friday, March 21, 2025 at 18:15 | FM
Weinberg / Shostakovich / Prokofiev (Raiskin / Bubnáš)

The year 1936 was a tragically fatal one for Dmitri Shostakovich, Stalin attended a performance of The Macbeth Years and subjected the composer to devastating criticism in the daily Pravda. From then on, Shostakovich lived in stress and fear for his life. Mieczyslaw Weinberg emigrated from Poland to the Soviet Union, where he befriended Shostakovich. The Violoncello Concerto dates from the post-Stalin period, and in it Weinberg transparently claims his origins by quoting Jewish melodies. After the tempestuous and avant-garde Symphonies Nos. 2 – 4, Sergei Prokofiev presents himself as a poet and lyricist in the Fifth. However, Prokofiev's proverbial sarcasm is not missing…

Cast

Daniel Raiskin conductor

Program

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: Symphonic Suite, Op. 29a
  • Allegro con brio
  • Presto
  • Allegretto
Mieczysław Weinberg (1919–1996)
Cello Concerto, Op. 43
  • Adagio
  • Moderato
  • Allegro
  • Allegro
Mieczysław Weinberg (1919–1996)
24 Preludes for Cello Solo, Op.100 encore
  • No. 21
Grigor Narekatsi (951–1003)
Havun Havun encore
Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100
  • Andante
  • Allegro marcato
  • Adagio
  • Allegro giocoso

Media

HUSKA, Michal. Fenomenální violoncellista Mario Brunello a hudba v řetězech socialistického realismu. In: Opera Plus [online]. 23 March 2025 [viewed 6 September 2026]. ISSN 1805-0433. [in Czech] operaplus.cz/fenomenalni-violoncellista-mario…

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