Work: Symphony no. 9 in E flat major, Op.70

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Composer	Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)
Period	Early 20th century
Year	1945
Work type	Orchestral

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ViennaORF RSO Vienna

Musikverein: Großer Saal, Sat 3 Oct at 19:00

Shostakovich: Symphony no. 9 in E flat major, Op.70

ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Markus Poschner

NHK Hall, 2027 Apr 23, 24 mat

Dvořák, Beethoven, Chin, Shostakovich

NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo; Elim Chan; Alice Sara Ott

Cadogan Hall, Thu 29 Apr at 19:30

Tabakova, Beethoven, Shostakovich

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Delyana Lazarova; Liya Petrova

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Elim Chan and TSO reign supreme in Shostakovich’s Ninth

Elim Chan and Lukáš Vondráček © Jae Yang, courtesy of the Toronto Symphony

Michelle Assay, 30 Apr

After a Rachmaninov concerto that resembles a harangue, an uneven Toronto Symphony programme comes into focus with a sharply characterised Shostakovich Ninth.

***11

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the London Symphony Orchestra © LSO | Mark Allan

Roy Westbrook, 18 Sep

Prokofiev opens Seong-Jin Cho’s LSO Artist Portrait series, sandwiches between symphonies by Shostakovich and Beethoven.

****1

Nikolaj Henriques and the CBSO © Andrew Fox

Simon Cummings, 25 Sep

The CBSO’s matinee, conducted by Fabien Gabel, juxtaposes cheerful Mozart and an unpredictable new concerto from Mark Simpson with a polarised account of Shostakovich’s Ninth Symphony.

*****

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