Rophé and Skride Perform 20th-century Masterpieces

Date: 07/11/2026 Saturday 20:00

Venue: Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium

Conductor／Pascal Rophé
Violin／Baiba Skride

Programme：
Debussy: Printemps
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No.2 in C-sharp minor, Op. 129
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements

Printemps by a relatively young Debussy (at age 25) captures the luminescence of French impressionism. Cast in two movements, the pastel palette of the first gives way to a sprightly dance. In contrast, Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 2 (1967), written specifically for virtuoso David Oistrakh, celebrates the violinist’s singing, lyrical tone with mesmerising, long-breathed melodies and three extended cadenzas, a friendly nod indeed from the composer to his dear friend. Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements, written during the Second World War, reveals the composer in supreme command of his distinctive modernist language. Premiered in 1946, it was Stravinsky’s first major work in his adopted United States of America, where he also made his conducting debut.

Approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes, including one interval