Artists Showcase West - Moscow Chamber Orchestra

Moscow Chamber Orchestra
October 9, 2005

First called "the greatest chamber orchestra in the world" by Dmitri Shostakovich, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra will celebrate its 50th Anniversary in 2006. The Orchestra's present Music Director, brilliant American pianist/conductor Constantine Orbelian, has brought the MCO into a new era of international activity and acclaim since his appointment in 1991.

Moscow Chamber Orchestra

Under Orbelian's leadership the Orchestra was accorded the honor of "Academic" in its official Russian title (The State Academic Chamber Orchestra of Russia). Maestro Orbelian and the Moscow Chamber Orchestra play over 120 concerts a year to sold-out houses worldwide, and are engaged in a highly praised recording series on the Delos label.

The "dynamic Moscow Chamber Orchestra" (New York Times) is one of the world's great ensembles.

Program –

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Serenade No.6 "Serenata Notturna" K.239
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Pezzo Capriccioso in B minor, Op.62
Alexander Zagorinsky, cello soloist
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Chamber Symphony op.110A in C minor

Intermission

J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Double Violin Concerto in d minor
Ripsime Airepetyants & Irina Krasko, soloists
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Five Visions Fugitives, Op. 22
Assai moderato
Feroce
Inquieto
Dolente
Ridicolosamente
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) Three Tangos
Resurrección del Angel
Melodia en la menor
Libertango