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National Symphony Orchestra: Roberto Minczuk, conductor/Heinrich Schiff, cello, performs Shostakovich

"Gifted maestro" (The Washington Post) Roberto Minczuk guides the "magisterial playing" (The Guardian) of Heinrich Schiff in Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1.

• Nov 15 - 17, 2007
• Concert Hall
• 1 Hr. 43 Min.
• $20.00 - $80.00

About the Program

About the Program

Artists:

• Roberto Minczuk, conductor
• Heinrich Schiff , cello

Praised as a "brilliant cellist" by the New York Times, Heinrich Schiff performs Shostakovich's dramatic and deeply moving Cello Concerto No. 1. Nearly 50 years ago, the composer dedicated this work to the late Mstislav Rostropovich, the NSO's beloved Conductor Laureate. 

Guest maestro Roberto Minczuk - a protégé of Kurt Masur - also conducts another Russian favorite: Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, a dazzling evocation of 1,001 Arabian Nights.

PRAISE FOR HEINRICH SCHIFF:

"A brilliant cellist"  --The New York Times 
"Expressive power… extraordinary"  --The Guardian
"Pure joy"  --The Times of London
"Virtuosic musicianship"  --The Sunday Telegraph

PRAISE FOR ROBERTO MINCZUK:

"A gifted maestro"  --The Washington Post
"Potent, impressive conducting… downright remarkable"  --San Francisco Chronicle
Program:

REVUELTAS - Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca

SHOSTAKOVICH - Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - Scheherazade, Op. 35

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