Abstract
Sergei Prokofiev often collected his musical material long before incorporating it into his compositions. For his Third Symphony, for example, he used numerous themes from his opera "The Fiery Angel", which was not performed during his lifetime. Prokofiev emphasised that the plot of the opera was irrelevant to the symphony. Nevertheless, the dark atmosphere of this drama of madness, invocation and inquisition is clearly reflected in the Symphony in C minor. The Sinfonia Concertante for Cello and Orchestra is also based on musical material from Prokofiev’s earlier Cello Concerto, which he reworked at the suggestion of cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. As part of our Prokofiev cycle, Sol Gabetta performs this final concertante work by Prokofiev. Gianandrea Noseda conducts Prokofiev’s works as well as "core", a piece composed in 2002 by Swiss composer Dieter Ammann, at the helm of the Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House.
