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The last Shostakovich

Amsterdam Sinfonietta + Ivan Karizna
Fri 19 Mar 2027 20:15 - 22:00
Fri 19 Mar 2027
20:15 - 22:00
  • Fri 19 Mar 2027
    20:15 - 22:00
    Grote Zaal
    From Tue 31 Mar 2026 12:00

Program

19.15 / Foyerdeck 1 /  Pre-concert talk

20.15 / Grote Zaal /  Main program
Mieczysław Weinberg Aria 
Dmitri Shostakovich Viola Sonata Op. 147 (arr. for cello and strings) 
Pyotr Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings Op. 48 

Credits

Amsterdam Sinfonietta  
Candida Thompson direction & violin 
Ivan Karizna cello 

Following an impressive debut with Amsterdam Sinfonietta at the 2022 Cello Biennale Amsterdam, cellist Ivan Karizna returns to the ensemble. A laureate of the Queen Elisabeth Competition, Karizna performs Shostakovich’s poignant Viola Sonata, in an arrangement for cello and strings. In this moving final work by Shostakovich, described by the composer himself as an ‘adagio in memory of Beethoven’, Karizna brings to life the delicate balance of fragility and strength found in a final goodbye.  
 
Aria by Shostakovich’s friend and kindred spirit Mieczysław Weinberg is a small, deeply poetic jewel for string quartet that takes on an added radiance in this version for string orchestra. Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings is a pinnacle of the Romantic repertoire and one of Amsterdam Sinfonietta’s signature pieces. 

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