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CBSO Nelsons Conducts Shostakovich
More Info Book TicketsTue 27 Apr 7:30pm Symphony Hall
Muddle or music? If you had just written the loudest, most ambitious, most terrifying symphony since Mahler, and found your music criticised in the national press on behalf of a leader who enjoyed killing anyone who got in his way, what would you do? Well, Shostakovich decided to withdraw his epic Fourth Symphony in 1936 before its first performance, only for it to resurface decades later and be recognised as one of his greatest masterpieces. An outstanding German violinist joins the Orchestra for a more optimistic 1930s classic.
*City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra* *Andris Nelsons* _conductor_ *Frank Peter Zimmermann* _violin_
*Bartók* Violin Concerto No 2 36’ *Shostakovich* Symphony No 4 60’
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CBSO Tuned In: Shostakovich Symphony No 4
More Info Book TicketsThu 29 Apr 7:30pm Symphony Hall
Shostakovich’s massive Fourth Symphony is a devastating portrait of the most turbulent years in 20th-century history. In this concert with a difference, broadcaster Stephen Johnson explains the many stories behind this extraordinary work, and shows how Shostakovich uses his huge orchestra to such unforgettable effect - with live illustrations from Andris Nelsons and the 110-piece CBSO! Then there’s a chance to hear the whole symphony. Whether you know and love the Fourth - or you’re new to Shostakovich - this concert will help you hear it with new ears.
*City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra* *Andris Nelsons* _conductor_ *Stephen Johnson* _presenter_
Introduction to Shostakovich’s Fourth Symphony, with live orchestral examples 45’ _interval_ *Shostakovich* Symphony No 4 60’
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Centre Stage - Russian String Quartets CBSO Players
More Info Book TicketsFri 7 May 1:10pm Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre
*Tchaikovsky* String Quartet No 1 *Shostakovich* String Quartet No 6
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*Tchaikovsky* String Quartet No 1 *Shostakovich* String Quartet No 6
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CBSO Russian Classics
More Info Book TicketsThu 27 May 7:30pm Symphony Hall
Music director of Moscow’s legendary Bolshoi Theatre since 2001, Alexander Vedernikov makes his CBSO debut with a trio of very different Russian masterpieces. Rimsky’s colourful overture celebrates the Russian Orthodox Easter in a riot of bells and orchestral brilliance, while Prokofiev’s superb post-war symphony strikes a more serious mood in music of great intensity and power. His sometime friend Shostakovich is also famous for his serious symphonies, but this tuneful piano concerto finds him in a lighter mood, and is played for us by the versatile Scottish pianist who has entertained CBSO audiences in music from Mozart to Messiaen. Visit the "CBSO website":http://www.thsh.co.uk Pre-concert Talk, 6.15pm: *Soviet Symphonists* Russian music expert David Fanning, of the University of Manchester, introduces Prokofiev's Sixth Symphony.
*City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra* *Alexander Vedernikov* conductor *Steven Osborne* piano
*Rimsky-Korsakov* Russian Easter Festival Overture 16' *Shostakovich* Piano Concerto No 2 20' *Prokofiev* Symphony No 6 45'
