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Orchestre de Paris / Nathalie Stutzmann

Sheku Kanneh-Mason - Prokofiev, Chostakovitch, Beethoven
Symphonic Concert
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
Duration: about 2h15 with 1 intermission

Program

Distribution

Sergueï Prokofiev
Ouverture sur des thèmes juifs
Dmitri Chostakovitch
Concerto pour violoncelle n° 1
Intermission
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphonie n° 6 "Pastorale"
Orchestre de Paris
Nathalie Stutzmann , conducting
Sheku Kanneh-Mason , cello

With Prokofiev’s subtle folklore, Shostakovich’s sharp quotations, and Beethoven’s musical imagination in search of a bucolic Arcadia, this special programme presents three different faces of folk-inspired material.

Imbued with folk jubilation but also unspeakably melancholy, Prokofiev’s Overture on Hebrew Themes (1934), originally composed for quartet at the request of Jewish musicians living as refugees in America, is one of the earliest and most beautiful examples of artistic stylization in klezmer music.

This popular music vein is echoed in Shostakovich’s more sombre Concerto (1959), the four movements of which are built around a musical cryptogram of the composer’s name. The cello’s full expressive range is showcased in this passionate work that is not without sarcasm, including distorted echoes of Suleiko, a favourite song of Stalin’s.

The programme concludes with Beethoven’s ‘PastoralSymphony (1908), a titan among ‘popular’ works in both senses of the word. It ventures into the realm of descriptive music, with birdsong, the murmur of a stream and the rustling of leaves rendered by trills, and thunderclaps by the timpani, bringing to life a vibrant soundscape.

Media

Serge Prokofiev : Ouverture sur des thèmes juifs - Simon Trpčeski (piano), Royal Liverpool Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (direction) Apple Music
Dmitri Chostakovitch : Concerto pour violoncelle n° 1 - Tatjana Vassiljeva (violoncelle), Orchestre de Paris, Paavo Järvi (direction)
Ludwig van Beethoven : Symphonie n° 6 - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (direction)
Karina-Canellakis

Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie

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Getting here

Porte de Pantin station
M5 Paris Underground (Métro) Line 5 3B Tram 3B
Address
221 avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris

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taxi G7

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