Shostakovich In The Shadow Of Stalin

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Barbican HallSilk Street, London, Greater London, EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Gubaidulina, Sofia (1931-2025)	Fairytale Poem (UK premiere)
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich (1839-1881)	Songs and Dances of Death (orch. Shostakovich)
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)	Symphony no. 5 in D minor, Op.47
Silvestrov, Valentyn (b. 1937)	Hymn

Performers

Kostas Smoriginas	Bass-baritone
BBC Symphony Orchestra
John Storgårds	Conductor

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Storgårds explores Shostakovich in the shadow of Stalin

Mark Pullinger, 25th March

“A Soviet artist's creative response to justified criticism” and Shostakovich's orchestration of music by Mussorgsky were at the heart of this BBC SO programme at the Barbican.

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