Details
Burford School
Cheltenham Road
Burford
Oxfordshire
OX18 4PL
England
Programme
Dmitry Shostakovich – Symphony no.5 in D minor, Op.47
~ Interval ~
Dmitry Shostakovich – Festive Overture in A major, Op.96
Antonin Dvorak – Slavonic Dances, Op.46
Performers
Burford Orchestra
Programme Note
Burford Orchestra will close the 2017 concert season in spectacular style with two masterpieces by the great 20th century Russian composer, Dmitri Shostakovich. The evening opens with his triumphant Festive Overture and ends with his iconic and dramatic 5th Symphony. In between, the programme sticks to a Slavic theme with Antonin Dvorak’s lively and popular Slavonic Dances.