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30 Jan 2016, Barbican, London
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Â鶹ԼÅÄ SO 2015-16 Season Haydn, Schnittke & Shostakovich

Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Haydn, Schnittke & Shostakovich
19:30 Sat 30 Jan 2016 Main Stage
Vedernikov promises to ignite this Russian programme, featuring virtuoso Lawrence Power in Schnittke’s powerful Viola Concerto.
Vedernikov promises to ignite this Russian programme, featuring virtuoso Lawrence Power in Schnittke’s powerful Viola Concerto.

Programme

Haydn, Schnittke & Shostakovich

Shostakovich’s unusual Sixth Symphony (1939) with its vast, brooding Adagio followed by two ferociously fast movements, shows the twin influences of Mahler and Mussorgsky, while Schnittke’s epic concerto, mixing popular song with spiritual profundity, reveals him as heir to the same traditions. Continuing our Haydn theme, we open with the dramatic ‘Drumroll’ symphony, with its dark inflections of the Dies irae.