Orchestra da Camera di Mantova, Nicolas Altstaedt – Šostakóvič

Orchestra da Camera di Mantova
Nicolas Altstaedtcello and conductor

D. Šostakóvič (1906-1975)
Concert n. 1 in E flat major op. 107

30′ | Admission €15

Nicolas Alstaedt, one of today’s greatest cellists and historic guest of Trame Sonore, plays and conducts the OCM, the Festival’s resident ensemble, on Shostakovich’s First Concerto, written for Rostropovich and brought by him in triumph to the world. It is not difficult to understand the reason for this success: the Primo Concerto is perfect in its formal conception, in balance with a lively expressive variety, from the grotesque initial motto to the broadest and most intense melodic outbursts.