Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra in San Francisco play Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto with Denis Matsuev and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 15

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Valery Gergiev, photo Anna Eriksson
Mariinsky Orchestra

Davies Hall, San Francisco
Monday, March 22, 2010

Valery Gergiev, principal conductor
Denis Matsuev, pianist

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Les Troyens

Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Opus 30
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 15 in A major, Opus 141

This week, the touring Mariinsky Orchestra, led by the ubiquitous Valery Gergiev, performed two evenings at Davies Hall in San Francisco. The first program, which I did not hear, was devoted to Prokofiev ballets and Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony. The second, more intriguing to me, presented Shostakovich's enigmatic final symphony, as well as an opportunity to assess the Rachmaninoff artistry of Denis Matsuev, who is being hailed these days as a pianist in the Horowitz tradition.

Read the full review on the Berkshire Review for the Arts!

Michael Miller