Weinberg, Ustvolskaya, Klein

The second of the concerts, on May 13th at the Dimenna Center, will include two American premieres of works of the great composer, who has only recently been rediscovered, Mieczysław Weinberg: his Clarinet Concerto op. 104 and his last work, the 4th Chamber Symphony op. 153. Rounding out the program will be Gideon Klein, a composer destined for greatness, but whose life was tragically cut short in Auschwitz, and Galina Ustvolskaya Shostakovich’s favorite student who broke with him, because she felt he compromised too much. Those two pieces together with Weinberg would make a program of great poignancy.