Harmonic Convergence with George Takei, Johnnes Moser, and the Men of the Nashville Symphony Chorus

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Johannes Moser, cello
Ives - The Unanswered Question
Schoenberg - A Survivor from Warsaw
Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No. 1
Adams - Harmonielehre
John Adams riveting Harmonielehre combines the spare design of minimalism with the expressive, all-encompassing sound of late Romanticism to create music that, in the composer s words, touches you in the center of your soul. The work s title refers to a book by the modernist master Schoenberg, who is represented here by his… Show more powerful A Survivor from Warsaw, a moving tribute to the victims of the Holocaust. Ives cosmic drama The Unanswered Question sets the tone for this evening with music that is at once universal and deeply personal, with moments of haunting beauty and restless energy. The same can be said of Shostakovich s First Cello Concerto, a piece originally written for the great Mstislav Rostropovich and performed here by irrepressible Johannes Moser.
photo by Uwe Arens

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