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Shchedrin: Double Concerto "Romantic Offering" for Piano and Cello | Martha Argerich & Mischa Maisky
When composer Rodion Shchedrin wrote a double concerto for cello and piano and large orchestra in 2010 for the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, he broke new ground: No double concerto had previously been written for this combination of solo instruments and orchestra.
The work premiered in Lucerne, Switzerland, in February 2011 and was conducted by Neeme Järvi, with Martha Argerich at the piano and Mischa Maisky as cello soloist. The composer himself, then 78 years old, was in the audience alongside