Moscow Soloists Chamber Orchestra w/Bashmet and Maisky Presented by Strathmore Friday, April 27, 2012 at 8:00 PM Music Center at Strathmore

20th Anniversary of the Moscow Soloists Chamber Orchestra
Yuri Bashmet, conductor and viola
Mischa Maisky, cello
Co-Presented with Maestro Artist Management

Described by The Times (London) as “without doubt, one of the world’s greatest living musicians,” Yuri Bashmet is the pre-eminent viola player of the modern age, and the founder and director of the Grammy Award-winning Russian orchestra Moscow Soloists, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2012. For their Strathmore debut, they are joined by Latvian star cellist Mischa Maisky, who Mstislav Rostropovich praised for his “poetry and exquisite delicacy, great temperament and brilliant technique."

PROGRAM
Schubert/Mahler Quartet in D minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden"
Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, H. 7b/1
Tchaikovsky Nocturne in D minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 19, No. 4
Brahms Quintet in B minor for Viola and Strings, Op. 115
All programs subject to change.

The program will have two 45 minute sets, plus a 20 minute intermission.