Symphony Concert N° 10

Tugan Sokhiev, Conductor
© Julia Wesely
Sol Gabetta, Cello

Mitwirkende

  • Tugan Sokhiev Conductor
  • Sol Gabetta Cello

gespielte Werke

Dmitri Shostakovich

  • Cello Concerto No. 1 E flat major op. 107

Anton Bruckner

  • Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107

Completed in 1959, Dmitri Shostakovich’s first cello concerto was written in collaboration with his close friend Mstislav Rostropovich. After learning the score in just three days, the legendary cellist made some suggestions for improvement. Shostakovich demurred, explaining his decision to reject the changes thus: »If I follow your suggestions, you’ll be the only person who can play it. But I write for everyone.« Tugan Sokhiev, a conductor who is more than just an authority on Shostakovich, combines the concerto with Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony, that work whose premiere under Arthur Nikisch finally brought the composer his long-awaited breakthrough.

  • Sunday
    18.5.25
    11:00 Uhr
    Semperoper
    Ticket price:
    16 – 78 €
  • Monday
    19.5.25
    19:00 Uhr
    Semperoper
    Ticket price:
    16 – 94 €
  • Tuesday
    20.5.25
    19:00 Uhr
    Semperoper
    Ticket price:
    16 – 78 €

A concert introduction will be offered 45 minutes before the beginning of each performance in the opera cellar of the Semperoper.