Shostakovich 5: Heroism and Hope

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When
Nov. 23–25, 2024
Daily, Times vary
Cost: $25 +
Where
1037 SW Broadway
Portland, OR 97205

The following description was submitted by the event organizer.

Written as Stalin's Great Terror campaign made music a matter of life and death for Soviet composers, Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony is a searing search for hope in a time of darkness and oppression. Fear and vulnerability also hover over Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, its hushed laments and demonic dissonances mirroring the composer's anguish upon his imminent return to the Soviet Union. 

Program

Nina Shekhar: Lumina
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

Artists

David Danzmayr, Conductor
Vadim Gluzman, Violin