Shostakovich Violin Concerto 1 & Symphony No v Barbican Centre
SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No 1
Interval
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No 10
Gianandrea Noseda: conductor
Nicola Benedetti: violin
London Symphony Orchestra
Shostakovich's music is such an important chronicle of life in 20th century Soviet Russia, and here are two pillars of that story.
Join us either in person at the Barbican Hall or watch the free live stream on our YouTube Channel and medici.tv (also available on demand for 90 days).
Join us at 6.30pm GMT on Facebook Live for an introduction and sneak peek backstage: https://www.facebook.com/londonsymphonyorchestra/
Watch the whole concert live on YouTube from 7pm BST: https://www.youtube.com/user/Lso or https://www.medici.tv/en/
ABOUT THE MUSIC
Composed during Stalin's reign of terror, the First Violin Concerto is one of a handful of works which were hidden away unpublished until after the dictator's death in order to avoid arrest by the authorities. The soloist needs to draw on vast reserves of emotional stamina and enormous technical skills, with even its dedicatee David Oistrakh noting 'it does not fall easily into one's hands'.
The Tenth Symphony was written after Stalin's death and portrays the tragedy, despair, terror and violence of his tenure. The third movement is a musical portrait of Stalin, a march of unremitting terror and frenzied violence, while the finale contains some of the slowest of the whole symphony, a reminder of the desolation of the Gulag prisoners.
Concert generously supported by Reignwood
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