Teodor Currentzis conducts

The Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Steven Isserlis cello
Benjamin Britten Sinfonietta, Op. 1
Dmitri Shostakovich Cello Concerto No.1 · Symphony No.1

• The Mahler Chamber Orchestra was Orchestra in Residence at the Klara Festival 2013 which is known as a modern and international classical music festival far beyond Belgium's borders.
• The concerts of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra formed one of the highlights of this year's festival.
• Alongside young Greece conductor Teodor Currentzis, who is hailed as an eccentric super-talented maestro, the orchestra dedicates its performance to the two composers, contemporaries and friends Benjamin Britten and Dmitri Shostakovich.
• The programme includes Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No.1 at whose world premiere in London in 1960 the two composers met for the first time. The orchestra combines one of the most popular cello concertos of the 20th century with Britten's Sinfonietta and Shostakovichs Symphony No.1.

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Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester Nr. 1 Es-Dur op. 107

2. I. Allegretto

3. II. Moderato

4. III. Cadenza

5. IV. Allegro con moto

6. Benjamin Britten: Sinfonietta op. 1

Sinfonie Nr. 1 f-moll op. 10

7. I. Allegretto - Allegro non troppo

8. II. Allegro - Meno mosso

9. III. Lento - Largo -

10. IV. Allegro molto - Lento - Allegro molto - Meno mosso - Allegro molto - Molto mono mosso - Adagio

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