Rodion Shchedrin – Concerto cantabile (Portrait of the russian composer, 1999)

Contemporary Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin is regarded as one of the principal successors of Prokofiev and Shostakovich. This programme focuses on his Concerto Cantabile for violin and string orchestra which Shchedrin wrote for the brilliant young Siberian virtuoso Maxim Vengerov. There is film of the first performance of the piece featuring the Tonhalle Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons. Also included are an excerpt from Shchedrin's Piano Concerto No. 4 with Olli Mustonen as soloist, and extracts from a concert of his chamber music with performances from the composer himself and Frans Helmerson. Shchedrin is again seen at the grand piano playing his Homage to Chopin with Chick Corea, Paul Gulda and the late Nicolas Economou. As well as interviews with Shchedrin, there are contributions from his wife, Prima Ballerina Assoluta Maya Plissetskaya, Lorin Maazel and Mischa Maisky.

A film by Georges Gachot

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