Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra in San Francisco play Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto with Denis Matsuev and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 15
Mariinsky Orchestra
Davies Hall, San Francisco
Monday, March 22, 2010
Valery Gergiev, principal conductor
Denis Matsuev, pianist
Berlioz, Royal Hunt and Storm from
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.
