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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

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Fri, 30 May 2025 7:45 - 9:45pm

Ulster Hall

  • 34 Bedford Street
  • Belfast
  • Antrim
  • BT2 7FF

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Ulster Orchestra

  • Ulster Hall
  • Bedford Street
  • Belfast
  • Antrim
  • BT2 7FF

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