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
Year: 2012

The final concert of the “Absolute Prokofiev” cycle offers a culmination with the expansive Symphony No. 5 and the distinctive Piano Concerto No. 4. After the intensity and austerity of the preceding concerts, the 5th Symphony, written during the Second World War, is one of Prokofiev’s most direct and humane statements. The unusual Fourth Piano Concerto, written for the left hand alone, adds a note of resilience and individuality. The cycle closes with a vision of human strength and possibility.