15 Oct-8 Nov 1987
Works performed:
15 Oct: Bernstein: Overture 'Slava'; Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra; Dvorak: Cello Concerto; 18 Oct: Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; 23 Oct: Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in G; Penderecki: Cello Concerto No. 2; Strauss: Don Quixote; 25 Oct: Schumann: Cello Concerto; Dutilleux: Tout le monde lointain; Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello; 29 Oct: Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; 31 Oct: Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D; Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1; Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante; 5 Nov: Haydn: Cello Concerto in C; Lutoslawki: Cello Concerto; Bloch: Schelomo; Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations; 8 Nov: War Requiem.
Venue:
London Festival Hall; Barbican Hall, London
Performers:
Every concert features the London Symphony Orchestra and Mistislav Rostropovich. Additional performers for each concert are as follows; 15 Oct: Maxim Shostakovich; 23 Oct: Krzysztof Penderecki; Michael Tilson Thomas; 25 Oct: Anne-Sophie Mutter; Michael Tilson Thomas; 31 Oct: Seiji Ozawa; 5 Nov: Witold Lutoslawski; Neeme Jarvi; 8 Nov: London Symphony Chorus; Heather Harper; Robert Tear; John Shirley-Quirk; Southend Boys Choir; Richard Hickox (chamber orchestra conductor)
Further information:
Sponsored by Union Bank of Switzerland.
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Archive
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