Jul31
Verbier Festival Orchestra | Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich
Salle des Combins, Verbier Festival
Verbier, Switzerland
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor Op. 43
Interval
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Symphony No. 5 in D minor Op. 47
Verbier Festival Orchestra
Alexandre Kantorow — piano
Teodor Currentzis — conductor
Both standard-bearers of their generation, Teodor Currentzis and Alexandre Kantorow join forces in a programme devoted to Brahms and Shostakovich, highlighting the telluric force of the former and the tragic verve of the latter.