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CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS
Cancelled: Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Monday, April 12, 2021
8 PM
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Sir Antonio Pappano by Musacchio & Ianniello / EMI Classics, Maxim Vengerov by Naim Chidiac / Courtesy of Abu Dhabi Festival
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia’s eagerly awaited return features two Russian masterworks. Maxim Vengerov, “one of the most brilliant violinists you’ll ever hear” (The Washington Post), plays Shostakovich’s spectacular showpiece Violin Concerto No. 1, a work laced with sardonic humor and references to Jewish themes. The orchestra showcases its own virtuosity in Tchaikovsky’s elegant and beautifully melodic Suite No. 3.
Performers
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Sir Antonio Pappano, Music Director and Conductor
Maxim Vengerov, Violin
Program
PONCHIELLI Elegia for Orchestra
SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY Suite No. 3 in G Major