Pinchas Zukerman on conductor Alexander Shelley and Strauss's Don Juan

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Fiery Prokofiev
NACO Mark Motors Audi Signature Series
28 October 2009 - 29 October 2009

Alexander Shelley, conductor
Simon Trpceski, piano

ROSSINI William Tell Overture
BERLIOZ Romeo and Juliet: Scene for orchestra
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 1
SHOSTAKOVICH Hamlet Suite
BRIDGE There is a willow grows aslant a brook
R. STRAUSS Don Juan

Simon Trpceski has been called "a marvel" with "heart-stopping technique" (Seattle Times) perfect qualifications for playing Prokofievs piano concerto. When the composer first performed it, his audience of 3,000 was amazed fingers flying with dizzying speed as he hammered out the percussive rhythms. Literary masterpieces inspire the balance of the program: Don Juan, with its signature horn calls, and the William Tell Overture (aka: the Lone Ranger theme).

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• Pinchas
• Zukerman
• National
• Arts
• Centre
• Orchestra
• Ottawa
• Canada

[berliozviolist]

Why? Why, why, why? Why do conductors do this to Berlioz? Imagine telling Berlioz that he'll be sharing this big night with Rossini... FIREWORKS!