“Mstislav Rostropovich was the dedicatee of Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto, and his performances usually outdistanced those of anyone else.  Not on Wednesday. The young American Alisa Weilerstein showed a deep, dark intensity united to biting drama… her sense of repose gave access to a new level of self-communing.  Completely assured in the quiet high writing, Weilerstein shone especially in the long cadenza, with which she took her time, achieving singular poetry.”