Triumph and Tragedy with Shostakovich

Name: Triumph and Tragedy with Shostakovich
Start: 2025-11-28T20:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-11-28T22:00:00+01:00
Location: Rue Ravensteinstraat 23, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

Schedule

Fri Nov 28 2025 at 08:00 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Rue Ravensteinstraat 23, 1000 Brussels, Belgium | Brussels, BU

𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼 & 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 ⟶ https://www.nationalorchestra.be/en/whats-on/calendar/stanislav-kochanovsky-truls-mork
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Dmitri Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 126
Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103, "The Year 1905"
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Belgian National Orchestra
Stanislav Kochanovsky (conductor)
Truls Mørk (cello)
Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11, subtitled 'The Year 1905', is a monumental orchestral work depicting the events of the 1905 revolution, composed to mark its 50th anniversary. By turns tragic, mournful, terrifying, and triumphant, it showcases the full expressive and narrative range of Shostakovich.
His Second Cello Concerto, less well-known than the first and rarely programmed, offers a more meditative reflection, less overtly political than the Symphony No. 11. In this later work, a more mature Shostakovich—having endured nearly 40 years of oppression under the Soviet regime—delivers a listening experience that is both rich and intimate, yet at times just as haunting.