19:00 Tuesday 18 July 2017
Royal Albert Hall
Dmitri Shostakovich: October
Dmitri Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor
Jean Sibelius : Symphony No 2 in D major
Nicola Benedetti violin
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Søndergård conductor
Violinist Nicola Benedetti joins Thomas Søndergård and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales as they continue their exploration of music by Shostakovich and Sibelius. Here they pair the latter's stirring Second Symphony - adopted as a potent symbol of nationalism and resistance by the people of Finland - with Shostakovich's symphonic poem October, a work whose subversive musical message sees the composer at his most pointedly political.
Shostakovich dedicated his First Violin Concerto to the celebrated violinist David Oistrakh, who praised its solo part as 'Shakespearean', and the concerto's demonic Scherzo gives its soloist plenty of opportunity for virtuosity.
Royal Albert Hall
Dmitri Shostakovich: October
Dmitri Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor
Jean Sibelius : Symphony No 2 in D major
Nicola Benedetti violin
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Søndergård conductor
Violinist Nicola Benedetti joins Thomas Søndergård and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales as they continue their exploration of music by Shostakovich and Sibelius. Here they pair the latter's stirring Second Symphony - adopted as a potent symbol of nationalism and resistance by the people of Finland - with Shostakovich's symphonic poem October, a work whose subversive musical message sees the composer at his most pointedly political.
Shostakovich dedicated his First Violin Concerto to the celebrated violinist David Oistrakh, who praised its solo part as 'Shakespearean', and the concerto's demonic Scherzo gives its soloist plenty of opportunity for virtuosity.
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