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Two Prominent Symphonists

Wednesday

05.03.2025

19:30 — Victoria Hall

Series O

Great Patron

Thursday

06.03.2025

19:30 — Victoria Hall

Series S

Friday

07.03.2025

19:30 — Victoria Hall

Series R

Programme

Vasily Petrenkoconductor

Kian Soltanicello

Serge Prokofiev
Sinfonia concertante, for cello and orchestra, Op. 125

Intermission

Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

Approximately 2 hours including a 20-minute intermission

The music

Prokofiev’s Cello Concert faced harsh negativity by Soviet critics in 1938 for its avant-garde tendencies. It underwent a significant rewrite transforming it fifteen years later into the less confrontational Sinfonia concertante, deliberately arranged for the young Rostropovich, who would champion it. The work was now less aggressive, and the cello became a soloist part. Brahms harbored a deep affection for Switzerland, viewing it a second homeland he explored for thirty years. Composing several works in our country, his First Symphony’s finale unmistakably echoes a Ranz des vaches, likely inspired by his Alpine walks, just before the slightly transformed theme of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. But these are not the only charms of this piece; it embodies the quintessence of Brahms with its generosity and grandeur.

The venues

OSR Live

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Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphonie N° 4 en si bémol majeur op. 60

Jonathan Nott

conductor

Recorded on 30 July 2020 at Victoria Hall, Geneva

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Jonathan Nott | Sergey Khachatryan

Concerto pour violon et orchestre

Recorded on 30 July 2020 at Victoria Hall, Geneva

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