JTI Friday Series

Dvořák Scherzo capriccioso
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1
Mahler Blumine
Shostakovich Symphony No. 1

Ilyich Rivas conductor
Simon Trpčeski piano

The date of the premiere of his First Symphony – 12 May – would become a date of lifelong celebration for Shostakovich. The Symphony heralded a new beginning for Russian culture. Shostakovich remained proud of it all his life, a confident, individual and striking piece that you’d hardly guess was the work of a teenager. Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto changed Russian music, too – appearing in its profusion of celebratory major keys a charming counterbalance to the darkness that underlay the Russian psyche. More symphonic than Schumann’s and more sweeping than Liszt’s, Tchaikovsky’s Concerto has also proved more popular than almost any other.

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Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 - I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 - II. Blumine
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 - I. Allegretto - Allegro non troppo
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 - II. Allegro

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