Anyone who comes to play Dmitri Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat with the National Symphony Orchestra stands in the long shadow of Mstislav Rostropovich. The composer dedicated the concerto to Rostropovich, who gave its premiere in 1959. Later, when he was the NSO's music director, f... -
National Symphony Takes a Cue From the Age of Slava
Anyone who comes to play Dmitri Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat with the National Symphony Orchestra stands in the long shadow of Mstislav Rostropovich. The composer dedicated the concerto to Rostropovich, who gave its premiere in 1959. Later, when he was the NSO's music director, f...-
By Andrew Lindemann Malone