Philharmonia Orchestra: Shostakovich & Rachmaninov
Wednesday 22 November 2017
Bedford Corn Exchange, St Pauls Square
7.30pm
Long Yu conductor
George Li piano
GLINKA Overture, Ruslan and Ludmilla
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
For Dmitri Shostakovich, his Fifth Symphony really was a matter of life and death. Written in Stalin’s USSR, this is music on the edge: a shout of defiance in a time of terror, and one of the most powerful and personal statements in all of 20th-century music. It’s a gripping contrast to the romance of Rachmaninov’s hugely popular piano concerto – played by the brilliant young American star George Li – and Glinka’s sparkling little firecracker of an overture.
Tickets from £14
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