RSNO: Shostakovich Seven
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Copland Fanfare for the Common Man (3’)
Lera Auerbach Violin Concerto No1 (28’) UK Premiere
Shostakovich Symphony No7 Leningrad (70’)
Bassem Akiki Conductor
Philippe Quint Violin
As Hitler’s armies surrounded the city of Leningrad, Dmitri Shostakovich composed his Seventh Symphony – a shout of courage, defiance and victory, written for massed battalions of musicians. Brace yourself for wartime drama on a heroic scale as Bassem Akiki conducts the mighty RSNO in this sonic blockbuster: the climax of a concert that begins with Copland’s showstopping fanfare and stars a real RSNO favourite, violinist Philippe Quint, in a violin concerto with a dazzling difference.
6.45pm Pre-concert talk in the Marryat Hall, free to ticket holders
Lera Auerbach Violin Concerto No1 (28’) UK Premiere
Shostakovich Symphony No7 Leningrad (70’)
Bassem Akiki Conductor
Philippe Quint Violin
As Hitler’s armies surrounded the city of Leningrad, Dmitri Shostakovich composed his Seventh Symphony – a shout of courage, defiance and victory, written for massed battalions of musicians. Brace yourself for wartime drama on a heroic scale as Bassem Akiki conducts the mighty RSNO in this sonic blockbuster: the climax of a concert that begins with Copland’s showstopping fanfare and stars a real RSNO favourite, violinist Philippe Quint, in a violin concerto with a dazzling difference.
6.45pm Pre-concert talk in the Marryat Hall, free to ticket holders
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Caird Hall Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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