Lucerne Festival: A World Premiere with Martha Argerich and Mischa Maisky

Synopsis

At one of the rare appearances with orchestra, Martha Argerich, the grande dame of the piano, joined forces with world-famous cellist Mischa Maisky and the fabulous Lucerne Symphony Orchestra for the world premiere of a newly commissioned work by Russion composter Rodion Shchedrin – 'Romantic Offering', a double concerto for piano, cello and orchestra dedicated to its very first soloists. The programme was rounded off by late-Romantic masterpieces by Cesar Franck, Antonin Dvorak and Dimitri Shostakovich's Ninth Symphony under the baton of renowned maestro Neeme Järvi. Also available: Making Of (16').

Additional Info

• No: 9561
• Composer: R. Shchedrin, C. Franck, A. Dvorak, D. Shostakovich
• Conductor: Neeme Järvi
• Orchestra: Lucerne Symphony Orchestra
• Artists: Martha Argerich, Mischa Maisky
• Production year: 2011
• Run time: 01:00:00
• Director: Michael Bayer
• Producers: Accentus Music in co-production with SRF
• Format: HDTV 16:9