Michael Zaretsky, guest violist

Pianists Xak Bjerken and Miri Yampolsky welcome guest violist Michael Zaretsky of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The program features two great Russian viola sonatas from the mid-late 20th century. Shostakovich wrote his final work in 1975, the viola sonata, a profound reflection on mortality that quotes works of Beethoven. Zaretsky gave the first performance of this work in the US and has a special connection, having played it for almost 50 years. Mieczslaw Weinberg was a composer that became very close to Shostakovich, whom Shostakovich supported and protected. His Sonata Op. 28 was written in 1945 and mixes lyricism with a personal reflection on the events of WWII.

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