Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater Broadway at 65th Street
Gidon Kremer, violin Giedre Dirvanauskaite, cello Andrius Zlabys, piano
SILVESTROV: Dedication to J.S. Bach for violin and piano (quasi echo) BACH: Chaconne for solo violin GUBAIDULINA: Sonata for violin and cello (“Rejoice!”); Chaconne for piano SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio No.2
Gidon Kremer, Giedre Dirvanauskaite, and Andrius Zlabys performed Josef Suk's Elegie (“Under the Influence of Zeyer’s Vyšehrad”) as an encore.
“I understand ‘religion’ in the literal meaning of the word, as ‘reli-gio,’ that is to say the restoration of connections, the restoration of the ‘legato’ of life,” writes Sofia Gubaidulina. In a typically freethinking and wide-ranging program, violinist Gidon Kremer connects this mystical composer’s works with Silvestrov, Shostakovich, and J.S. Bach’s Chaconne for solo violin.
“Gidon Kremer’s great interpretive strength has always been his ability to make a work, however familiar, entirely his own...yet fully within both the spirit and letter of the score.” —The New York Times
Please note: The performance begins promptly at its scheduled time. There is no late seating.
This performance is approximately one hour and 50 minutes long, with one intermission.
