Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden: Shostakovich / BrucknerTugan Sokhiev (conductor), Sol Gabetta (cello)
Cellist Sol Gabetta performs Dmitri Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No 1, accompanied by the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden under the baton of Tugan Sokhiev. Also performed will be Bruckner’s Symphony No 7.
Cellist Sol Gabetta performs Dmitri Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No 1, accompanied by the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden under the baton of Tugan Sokhiev. Also performed will be Bruckner’s Symphony No 7.
Chronic ill health may lead many to fall into a state of despair and torpor. But not Dmitri Shostakovich, whose creative prowess was inversely proportional to his misfortunes. Composed in 1959, his Cello Concerto No 1 is regarded as one of its genre’s greatest works of the 20th century.
Her ability to fully immerse herself in a performative task, the exceptional cellist Sol Gabetta is perfectly placed to take on this highly dramatic work. Borne by the velvety yet powerful sound of her Guadagnini cello, it is especially the extended, monologue-like cadenza that conveys the maturity of Gabetta’s interpretive skill, honed since the age of 15.
With her captivating but never intrusive expressivity embedded in the mellow sound of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, the multiple award winner effortlessly makes her own statement against the omnipresent role model of Rostropovich, to whom its composer dedicated the work. The evening’s epic finale is provided by Bruckner’s Symphony No 7, with which Tugan Sokhiev unleashes the full late-romantic sonority of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, which Richard Wagner once described as his “miracle harp”.
Programme
- Dimitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 in E-flat major, Op 107
- Anton Bruckner: Symphony No 7 in E major
