Friday, April 27, 2007

Mstislav Rostropovich, 1927-2007

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The great cellist Mstislav Rostropovich has died after a long illness. Read his New York Times obituary, and a bit of film/video of him playing Bach in 1962 from Youtube.



The Celebrity Series presented Mr. Rostropovich 4 times in recital ('67, '69, '71, and '81) and once as part of a benefit concert for the Andre Sakharov Archives in celebration of Brandeis University's 50th Anniversary at NEC's Jordan Hall in 1999. At the Brandeis event, Mr. Rostropovich played the Adagio from Schubert's String Quintet in C Major, D. 956, with The Lydian String Quartet and a set of Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Weber and Mercello with pianist Ignat Solzhenitsyn. Lorraine Hunt (as she was still called) and Vladimir Spivakov were also on the bill.

UPDATE: From The Times (UK): Lord of the cello and citizen of the world receives final ovation



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