SHOSTAKOVICH III
August 23, 2015 @ 3:00 pm America/Los Angeles Timezone
MCASD Sherwood Auditorium
$65 | $45
Immerse yourself in the world of Dmitri Shostakovich.
For this three-concert mini-festival, SummerFest Music Director Cho-Liang Lin has assembled an ensemble of extraordinary instrumentalists, some of whom knew and worked with Shostakovich himself. Working together over the past year, these artists have selected works that represent the composer's mastery in many forms: string quartets, sonatas for violin, viola, cello and piano as well as trios and octets, showcasing vividly contrasting moods, now whimsical and witty, now intensely emotional then self-questioning.
This third and final performance opens with one of the later quartets, the two-movement String Quartet No. 12 in D-flat Major. The lyrical yet dazzling Cello Sonata in D Minor follows and our mini-festival concludes with the Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor performed by three Shostakovich aficionados, Vladimir Feltsman, piano, Dimity Sitkovetsky, violin and John Sharp, cello.
SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 12 in D-flat Major, Op. 133 (1968) Borromeo String Quartet
Sonata for Cello and Piano in D Minor, Op. 40 (1934) John Sharp, cello
Vladimir Feltsman, piano
Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67 (1944) Vladimir Feltsman, piano
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin
John Sharp, cello
PRELUDE 7 PM
Man and Boy, and Master
Prof. Richard Taruskin concludes a three-concert lecture series examining the extraordinary life and remarkable musical achievement of Dmitri Shostakovich.