From Tsars to Soviets - orchestral concert at St Alphege Church, Solihull on Saturday 18th March 2017

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From Tsars to Soviets - orchestral concert

Add to my Calendar 18-03-2017 19:30 18-03-2017 21:30 36 From Tsars to Soviets - orchestral concert Featuring music by Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov and Shostakovich, this concert is set to be an interesting and enjoyable experience.  The first half will show what an outward-looking place Russia was before 1917 incorporating themes and modes from foreign cultures, which will then contrast with the Shostakovich in the second half, demonstrating the absence of any outward links during Sovietisation instead using brutal "non- cultural" material.  St Alphege Church, Solihull DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Alphege Church
The Square
Solihull
West Midlands
B91 3RQ
England

Saturday 18th March 2017
7:30 PM

Programme

Aleksandr Borodin – Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Dmitry Shostakovich – Symphony no.10 in E minor, Op.93
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov – Spanish Capriccio, Op.34

Performers

St Alphege Symphony Orchestra

Programme Note

Featuring music by Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov and Shostakovich, this concert is set to be an interesting and enjoyable experience. The first half will show what an outward-looking place Russia was before 1917 incorporating themes and modes from foreign cultures, which will then contrast with the Shostakovich in the second half, demonstrating the absence of any outward links during Sovietisation instead using brutal "non- cultural" material.

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