Leonidas Kavakos: Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 (Mariinsky Orchestra)

From the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, on 26 April 2012 Leonidas Kavakos - violin Symphony Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg Valery Gergiev - musical director Subscribe to EuroArts: https://goo.gl/jrui3M Watch the full concert here: https://goo.gl/uvj4pm Sergei Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor Opus 63 (26') 0:14 I. Allegro moderato 10:52 II. Andante assai 20:43 III. Allegro, ben marcato The Easter Festival is an internationally renowned event among classical music lovers, traditionally opened in Moscow on Easter Sunday. Each year the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra and its musical director Valery Gergiev travel across Russia - for the past 10 years now! In 2012 we were given an exceptional musical gift: the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Valery Gergiev performed the complete cycle of Sergei Prokofiev’s symphonies and piano concerti - a composer with whom Maestro Gergiev and the orchestra seem particularly in tune.