Uploaded September 2016 | Updated September 2026, 58 minutes ago

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Conductor Airat Ichmouratov discusses the artistry and history surrounding the interpretation of orchestral works.

The conductor and composer explains the tension between historical performance practice and the contemporary interpretation of ancient music, leading The Orchestre Métropolitain in a stirring performance of Bloch's rhapsody for cello and orchestra; Schelomo.

Ernst Bloch Schelomo:
Rhapsodie Hébraïque for Violoncello and Orchestra

Orchestre Métropolitain
cello Yegor Dyachkov

Filmed by Randy Cole at the Maison symphonique de Montréal
Audio recording by Guy Hébert