Classical Arts Society of Washington 

presents

Frozen in Time: Wintrous Tempests of Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff

Saturday January 25, 2024

6:30 pm  -  9:30 pm

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Members $50 (use RSVP button)

Non-Members $55  BUY TICKET NOW!

The music of Dmitry Shostakovich represents an outpouring of emotional intensity amidst the suppression and terror of living in a Stalinist dictatorship. Although Shostakovich was never arrested for his compositional output, he was formally denounced by his authoritarian government multiple times for his art, and lived in a state of fear that he would be exiled, just as his grandfather had been decades before. This sense of deep sensitivity, expressed in such a restrained context, lends his music a certain desperation, all the more poignant because it is often found below the surface of an icy exterior. Sergei Rachmaninoff's sonata for cello and piano is nearly symphonic in its breadth and variety of expression and texture. Quintessentially Romantic, the works complexities focus to bring about a multitude of worlds: existential wondering, fear and trembling, the sweet intimacy and unbridled passion of true love, and the celebratory revelry of a life lived courageously.

PROGRAM

Shostakovich - Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 40

Rachmaninoff - Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 19

Loewi Lin, Cello

Christopher Schmitt, Piano

6:30 pm - Reception with wine and hors d'oeuvres before concert

7:00 pm - Concert start

9:30 pm - Event end

PLEASE NOTE

The price of your ticket includes hors d’oeuvres and drinks from the open wine and beer bar.

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