Seattle Symphony: Shostakovich Concerto Festival I

Dmitri Shostakovich — Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107
Dmitri Shostakovich — Violin Concerto No. 2
Dmitri Shostakovich — Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35

Kevin Ahfat, piano
Aleksey Semenenko, violin
Edgar Moreau, cello
Pablo Rus Broseta, conductor

Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich – Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich – Cello Concerto No. 1

From the First Piano Concerto’s bawdy humor to the Second Violin Concerto’s noble austerity, these landmark scores peer into Shostakovich’s veiled inner life. The highly personal and much loved First Cello Concerto obsesses over four notes that stand in for Shostakovich’s own name.

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