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.