The Opening Concert

Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 in C-Dur, Op.26 sehen in

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Edinburgh International Festival: Opening concert with the RSNO, Gergiev and Daniil Trifonov

Alan Coady, 12th August

The opening concert of the 2013 Edinburgh International Festival was a Scottish-Russian collaboration. The RSNO, the home team on home turf, featured two Russian soloists, all under the baton (or, more accurately, the open hands) of Valery Gergiev at Usher Hall.

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Prokofjew, Sergej (1891-1953)	Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 in C-Dur, Op.26
Prokofjew, Sergej (1891-1953)	Alexander Nevsky, Op.78

Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Valery Gergiev	Musikalische Leitung
Yulia Matochkina	Mezzosopran
Daniil Trifonov	Klavier
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
Christopher Bell	Chorleitung