Lawrence Power (viola), Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Olli Mustonen

Music for Strings, Oboes, Horns and Celesta
Shepherd’s Pipes of Vologda (Hommage à Bartók)
Concerto dolce
The Frescoes of Dionysios

Composer Rodion Shchedrin (1932–2025) was one of the leading figures of post-war Soviet music. This album by the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Olli Mustonen brings together four of his works, including music from his ballet The Lady with the Lapdog, as well as a viola concerto, Concerto dolce, performed by Lawrence Power, one of the greatest violists of our time. Rodion Shchedrin passed away while this album, which is a monument to the unique friendship and artistic collaboration that Olli Mustonen and Rodion Shchedrin cultivated over the course of three decades, was in preparation.