1
June
2012
Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the Mahler Chamber Orchestra on their debut tour with concerts in Caen, Amsterdam and Berlin:
6 June, Caen, Théâtre de Caen
7 June, Amsterdam, Muziekgebouw aan't IJ „Holland Festival“
9 June, Berlin, Radialsystem „Radial Night“
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Prokofjew: Symphony No. 1
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1
Schnittke: Moz-Art à la Haydn
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9
Alicia Weilerstein, Cello
The programme features works by 20th century Russian composers, that refer back to the music of 19th century Vienna: Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 1, Schnittke’s “Moz-Art à la Haydn”, and two compositions by Shostakovich: his Symphony No. 9 and his First Cello Concerto, played by cellist Alisa Weilerstein.