Event overview
Chamber Music Festival / VTB Capital Prize for Young Cellists finals
10.00 – 2.00 pm 'VTB Capital Prize for young cellists'.
Finals and presentation of the prizes.
Panel to include: Alexander Ivashkin, Philippe Müller, Thomas Morgan; Simon Morris, Natalia Pavlutskaya; Timothy Walker
3pm – 4:40 pm 'Rostropovich’s contrasts'
Joan Rodgers, soprano; Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin/conductor; Dmitri Alexeev, piano; Alexander Ivashkin, cello; Alexander Zemtsov, viola; London Cello Students perform:
Beethoven: Serenade for string trio, op. 8.
Schnittke: Minuet for string trio
Prokofiev: Andante, from unfinished Concertino op 132, (arranged for five cellos)
Boulez: Messagesquisse for seven cellos
Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango
Shostakovich: Seven Songs on poems by Alexander Blok
5.00 – 6.30 pm 'Rostropovich’s unknown filmed premiere performances' (from the Centre for Russian Music archive):
Alexander Knaifel: Chapter Eight, for church, cello and chorus
Shostakovich: Second Cello Concerto
7:30 – 9.40 pm 'Rostropovich: cellist, pianist and composer'
Joan Rodgers, soprano; Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin; Dmitri Alexeev, piano; Alexander Ivashkin, cello; Alexander Zemtsov, viola; Michel Lethiec, clarinet; Frank Lloyd, horn; The Chilingirian Quartet
Tchaikovsky: Selected Songs, soprano and piano
Rostropovich: Humoresque
Penderecki: Sextet
Schubert: Quintet in C major, D.956
All events take place in the Wigmore Hall, London
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 2 May 2009 | 10:00am - 10:00pm |
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