Event listing: Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Chicago Symphony Center | Fri 23 May 2014 at 20:00

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Chicago Symphony Center Chicago, Illinois, IL 60604, United States

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Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)	Peter Grimes, Op.33: Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)	Symphony no. 7 in C major, "Leningrad" Op.60

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden	Conductor

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Shostakovich's Seventh: CSO shows that war is hell

John Dorhauer, 23rd May

The idea that war is hell is certainly not a new one. Shostakovich may not have had knowledge of the quote's original context, but he was no stranger to the atrocities caused by war.

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