Selected Highlights
Ulster Orchestra: Act of Defiance
Description
Was it, or wasn’t it, an act of defiance and bitter retort to Stalin’s displeasure?
Shostakovich’s life was so utterly and constantly in peril that he could never publicly declare whether his Fifth Symphony was simply ‘a Soviet artist’s reply to just criticism’ or a satirical puncturing of the dictator, deliberately hollow but dressed as adulation. But either way, it’s a phenomenal piece of music – playful, poignant and magisterial, it’s a blockbuster end to the Season. Walton’s lyrically romantic Cello Concerto sets the scene for Shostakovich’s dramatic fireworks.
Walton - Cello Concerto
Shostakovich - Symphony No.5
DINIS SOUSA - CONDUCTOR
NICHOLAS ALTSTAEDT - CELLO
Tickets & Pricing
- Admission £6 - £37
About The Venue
Fri, 30 May 2025 7:45 - 9:45pm
About The Host
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