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Last but not least

Name: Last but not least
Start: 2025-04-08T20:00:00
Location: Museum Ludwig

Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne

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Towards the end of his eventful life as a composer, Dmitri Shostakovich once again sets out to write a symphony, his fifteenth by now. It is bound to be his last, as the seriously ill Russian is fully aware of. Still, his decision stands: »I would like to write a cheerful symphony.« And indeed, his final symphonic endeavour begins with a twinkle in the eye, mischievously orchestrated. But by the second movement, the mood has already changed, and ...

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor)

Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 15

Composer

Participants

Elisabeth Leonskaja

Piano

Eliahu Inbal

Conductor

Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne

Producer

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