Type: Classical Music
Location: The Moscow Conservatory Great Hall
Orchestra: The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Soloist: Denis Matsuev
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Program: Symphony No.2; Piano Concerto No. 5
Year: 2012

The 4th concert of the “Absolute Prokofiev” cycle presents one of the most uncompromising programs in the series, pairing the formidable Symphony No. 2 with the sharply etched Piano Concerto No. 5. Here, Sergei Prokofiev pushes his modernist language to its limits: the Second Symphony, inspired in part by the industrial energy of the early Soviet era, and the Fifth Piano Concerto offering a more fragmented but equally challenging exploration of pianistic brilliance.“