Asuperstar trio performs moving music written in response to Nazi and Soviet anti-Semitism. Rarely performed works by Gnesin and Rosowsky are heard alongside beloved classics by Bloch and Shostakovich, including the latter’s searing Piano Trio No. 2. In the work, Shostakovich mourns the human toll of the German invasion of Russia in dark tones that culminate in a macabre scene of inexorable power as klezmer themes are distorted and swirl about before fading to silence.

Part of: Carnegie Classics and Voices of Hope: Artists in Times of Oppression

Performers

Evgeny Kissin, Piano

Joshua Bell, Violin

Steven Isserlis, Cello

Program

GNESIN Piano Trio, Op. 63

SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor

BLOCH Schelomo

BLOCH Baal Shem (Three Pictures of Chassidic Life)

ROSOWSKY Fantastic Dance on Hebrew Themes for Piano Trio

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