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Andris Nelsons Conducts Shostakovich With Yo-Yo Ma, Cello

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Andris Nelsons Conducts Shostakovich With Yo-Yo Ma, Cello: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, op. 107 Shostakovich (+1 More)

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Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, op. 107

Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103

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Andris Nelsons conducts Shostakovich with Yo-Yo Ma, cello

A part of our series looking at the music and times of Dmitri Shostakovich and how the composer folded messages of revolution and resistance into his music during a politically turbulent time. Yo-Yo Ma brings the specter of resistance to the stage. Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto is a prime example of the composer using music to protest an authoritarian regime; the cello stands defiant against the orchestra, often playing out its own theme not reflected in the ensemble, until it disseminates into a wild cadenza and is whisked away into a sudden abrupt end.

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Andris Nelsons Conducts Shostakovich With Yo-Yo Ma, Cello by Shostakovich, From (2025/2025), Conductor Andris Nelsons, Boston Symphony Hall, Boston, United States

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