Steven Isserlis, cello and Connie Shih, piano, play Rachmaninoff and more

World-renowned cellist Steven Isserlis and award-winning pianist Connie Shih perform a rich program of Russian jewels including two of the great works for cello — Shostakovich’s romantic, witty and magnificent D-minor Sonata, and the sweepingly beautiful sonata by Rachmaninoff — a work Isserlis calls “a journey of the soul.” Opening the concert is Kabalevsky’s charismatic 1962 sonata, written for Mstislav Rostropovich. A program full of expressive drama from two stellar musicians.

Kabalevsky, Cello Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 71
Shostakovich, Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40
Rachmaninoff, Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19