Absolute Prokofiev - The Easter Festival in Moscow
No. 3 - Romeo and Nostalgia
Season 1, Episode 3
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Music
Type: Classical Orchestra
Orchestra: The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Solo Violinist: Leonidas Kavakos
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Location: The Mariinsky Orchestra
Year: 2012
The 3rd concert of the “Absolute Prokofiev” cycle turns toward a lyrical and introspective side of the composer with the Violin Concerto No. 1 and No. 2. Prokofiev reveals a different voice that blends his characteristic wit and clarity with a poetic, singing line. The First Concerto drifts between dreamlike delicacy and sudden flashes of energy, while the Second, written during his years of travel in the 1930s, combines elegance with a subtle undercurrent of tension and unease.
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No. 4 - War and Reflection
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
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No. 5 - Melodies and Motion
Type: Classical Music
Location: The Moscow Conservatory Great Hall
Orchestra: The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Soloist: Daniil Trifonov
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Program: Symphony No. 5, Piano Concerto No. 4
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