Concert Shostakovich. Violin Concerto N 1, op. 77. Soloist: Yuri Zagorodnyuk (violin). Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
Schedule for Shostakovich. Violin Concerto N 1, op. 77. Soloist: Yuri Zagorodnyuk (violin). Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev 2022
Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich
Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
Dmitry Shostakovich Violin Concerto № 1,
op. 77
Violin Concerto No 1 in A Minor, Op. 77, was
composed by Shostakovich in circumstances similar to those in
which his Fourth Symphony was written. He worked on the symphony at
the height of State oppression in 1936, and on the concerto in
the most difficult period of 1948, returning from meetings where Zhdanov
would teach composers how to write music. The gloomy and monumental score
was completed on 24 March 1948, but because of accusations of
“formalism” the premiere only followed seven years later. David Oistrakh,
for whom the concerto was written, learned it in secret, and it was only in
1955 that it became possible to perform it in public. The premiere took
place on 29 October 1955 in Leningrad. The concerto was performed
to terrific acclaim under the baton of Yevgeny Mravinsky. The finale
was encored at the insistence of the audience. The concert is
remarkable for its truly symphonic scale. It contains four sections.
The Nocturne is followed by a Scherzo, of which the composer was a
great admirer and where he used a heart-breaking Jewish theme –
the Freylekhs. The unusually expressive cadence of the soloist
links the Passacaglia, in which Beethoven’s “motif of fate” is present,
with the final Burlesque.
Anna Bulycheva
Schedule for Shostakovich. Violin Concerto N 1, op. 77. Soloist: Yuri Zagorodnyuk (violin). Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev 2022
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