Volkov conducts Brahms

Shostakovich, Brahms and Simon Holt in Birmingham

Simon Cummings, 13th June

Alisa Weilerstein delivered an amazingly raw performance of Shostakovich’s Second Cello Concerto, whereas Ilan Volkov and the CBSO’s renditions of Simon Holt and Brahms (reimagined by Schoenberg) proved alienating and overblown.

***11

Holt, Simon (n. 1958)	Surcos (CBSO co-commission, UK premiere)
Chostakovitch, Dimitri (1906-1975)	Concerto pour violoncelle no. 2 en sol majeur, Op. 126
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)	Quatuor avec piano no. 1 en sol mineur, Op.25 (orch. Schoenberg)

Ilan Volkov	Direction
Alisa Weilerstein	Violoncelle
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra