K. Penderecki, Concerto Grosso No. 1 (inter alia), I. Monighetti, A. Noras, R. Kwiatkowski, Warsaw NPO, A. Wit (Naxos, 2008) |
Washington Post, May 1
The list of pieces performed for the first time by the National Symphony Orchestra under Christoph Eschenbach continues to grow. This week’s concerts introduce Krzysztof Penderecki’s Concerto Grosso for Three Cellos and Orchestra, a piece premiered in 2001, to the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Three of the NSO’s cellists, from the often-overlooked middle of the section, took the solo parts Thursday night and brought rather different timbres and musical personae to this long, intricate and ultimately rewarding work.National Symphony Orchestra
Penderecki’s earlier, more experimental music is hard to love... [Continue reading]
Music by Strauss, Penderecki, Beethoven
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
PREVIOUSLY:
Eschenbach's Beethoven: no. 3 and no. 7 in 2012, no. 5 in 2011, no. 9 in 2010, nos. 1 and 2 last year
NSO's cello section featured in not the best light in Villa-Lobos in March
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