Conductor, Tugan Sokhiev (credit Mat Hennek)
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Conductor, Tugan Sokhiev. Credit: Mat Hennek
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Dark, restless and with flashes of fury, Tchaikovsky wrote to his friend the Grand Duke of Constantine about what was to be his final symphony: 'without exaggeration, I have put my whole soul into this work'.
Alongside, Dvorák's Cello Concerto pays tribute to the composer's lost love, Josefina, as he builds the elegiac slow movement around a line from one of
Josefina's favourite Dvorák's songs, Kéz duch muj sám (Leave me alone).
Performers
Philharmonia OrchestraRepertoire
Dvořák: Cello Concerto