Week of March 15, 2010

Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Janine Jansen, violin

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Program:
DVORAK: Violin Concerto in A minor
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 10 in E minor
JOEY ROUKENS: Un Cuadro de Yucatan (a violin caprice) -Janine Jansen, violin (Radio Netherlands 92120)
MIKHAIL IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: Caucasian Sketches, Suite No. 2, Op. 42 "Iveria" -Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon Gee, conductor (Marco Polo 220369)

Description:
Vladimir Ashkenazy and Dmitri Shostakovich both suffered under the hands of their old USSR bosses. Ashkenazy got out, but Shostakovich stayed. When Ashkenazy conducts Shostakovich's music today, it is with a fury you can feel.

Vladimir Ashkenazy conducting Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10
Interview of Ashkenazy on Shostakovich

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