Name: Boston Symphony Orchestra | Nelsons | Yo-Yo Ma
Start: 2025-02-24
End: 2025-02-24
Location: Carnegie Hall

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Andris Nelsons

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Boston Symphony Orchestra

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Yo-Yo Ma

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Boston Symphony Orchestra | Nelsons | Yo-Yo Ma

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Boston Symphony Orchestra | Nelsons | Yo-Yo Ma: 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

Rahul Solomon

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Composed in summer 1971 and premiered the following January, the Fifteenth is distinctive in its very surprising quotation from Rossini's William Tell Overture, as well as other musical allusions. The composer's mysterious, introspective late style is evident in the second movement, with its long cello solo.

Behind the Music: Shostakovich's Symphony No. 15

The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) recently completed a monumental recording cycle of Shostakovich’s complete symphonies, earning endless critical praise along the way (“scandalously successful,” wrote London’s The Times; “the most electrifying ... in half a century,” said Gramophone). This evening’s program features Symphony No. 11—a musical depiction of 1905’s Russian Revolution—which earned Nelsons and the BSO one of the multiple Grammy Awards (Best Orchestral Performance) they received throughout the project. Adding further to the excitement is Yo-Yo Ma as soloist in Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto, a famously demanding piece that was an early landmark in Ma’s own recording career.

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Boston Symphony Orchestra | Nelsons | Yo-Yo Ma by Shostakovich, Mon 24 Feb 2025, From (2025/2025), Conductor Andris Nelsons, Carnegie Hall, New York City, United States

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