Manchester Camerata: Prokofiev, Classical Symphony
This was taken during the 2016 StoryHouse Chester Music Festival. The event this evening was:
Manchester Camerata
Conductors: Adam Kornas, Carlos Agreda
Kana Ohashi (Violin)
Toby Hughes (Double Bass)
Programme:
Shostakovich Chamber Symphony 8, op 110 a
Bottesini Concerto 2 for Bass and orchestra
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, op 64
Prokofiev Classical Symphony
A welcome return to the festival for Manchester Camerata, in the first of 2 appearances, with a programme including Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony and Mendelssohn’s much loved Violin Concerto.
Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony no 8 is in fact a reworking of his String Quartet no 8 for string orchestra by Rudolf Barshai. The quartet was composed in just three days during a visit to a still bomb ravaged Dresden in 1960 and it was inscribed ‘In memory of victims of fascism and war’, although many have read into it an opposition to all totalitarianism; Shostakovich (1906-1975) was in turns in and out of favour with the Soviet regime throughout his career.
For more information see:
#ChesterCulture #ChesterMusicFestival
Manchester Camerata: Prokofiev, Classical Symphony
This was taken during the 2016 StoryHouse Chester Music Festival. The event this evening was:
Manchester Camerata
Conductors: Adam Kornas, Carlos Agreda
Kana Ohashi (Violin)
Toby Hughes (Double Bass)
Programme:
Shostakovich Chamber Symphony 8, op 110 a
Bottesini Concerto 2 for Bass and orchestra
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, op 64
Prokofiev Classical Symphony
A welcome return to the festival for Manchester Camerata, in the first of 2 appearances, with a programme including Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony and Mendelssohn’s much loved Violin Concerto.
Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony no 8 is in fact a reworking of his String Quartet no 8 for string orchestra by Rudolf Barshai. The quartet was composed in just three days during a visit to a still bomb ravaged Dresden in 1960 and it was inscribed ‘In memory of victims of fascism and war’, although many have read into it an opposition to all totalitarianism; Shostakovich (1906-1975) was in turns in and out of favour with the Soviet regime throughout his career.
For more information see:
#ChesterCulture #ChesterMusicFestival