Shostakovich’s Fifth
Symphony Hall
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Three composers on a learning curve. Shostakovich’s epic Symphony is a powerful music portrait of a great artist learning the hard way about tyranny. Composed at the height of Stalin’s terror, its triumphant finish is either a bitterly ironic comment on its times, or an heroic victory for freedom. Decide for yourself – either way, it’s a gripping journey. Britten’s ravishing song-cycle finds him at the start of a lifelong love-affair with the human voice – but it’s no less magical for it. And Mahler’s teenage Symphonic Prelude is a real find, packed with all its composer’s trademark drama and angst.
John Storgårds conductor
Barbara Hannigan soprano
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Mahler Symphonic Prelude 10’
Britten Les Illuminations 23’
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 47’
£9.50, £13.50, £17, £20.50, £23.50, £28, £32, £37, £39.50
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Symphony Hall
- 32 Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2EA, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Part of CBSO Season 2008-09
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