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Capuçon bows a pugnacious Shostakovich with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

By Jacob Slattery, 10 April 2017
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Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York City on 7 April 2017
Programme
Cage, The Seasons
Shostakovich, Cello Concerto no. 1 in E flat major, Op.107
Prokofiev, Music for Children, Op.65: March (Arr. Piatigorsky)
Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116
Ives, Concord Symphony (arranged for orchestra by Henry Brant)
Performers
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductor
Gautier Capuçon, Cello
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Jacob Slattery
Jacob Slattery
Jacob is a musician and raconteur based out of New York City. As a writer, he operates an online arts and culture blog with the goal of providing momentum for community-based arts projects in NYC. As an oboist, Jacob has performed internationally with orchestras from Vienna to Seoul. Born and raised in the lake-ridden, gopher empire of Minnesota, Jacob received a dual-degree in Music Performance and Marketing from Augsburg College in Minneapolis. His blog can be found here.