Bristol Symphony Orchestra | Music of Russia: with Natalia Lomeiko, violin at St George's Bristol, Bristol on Saturday 8th April 2017

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Bristol Symphony Orchestra | Music of Russia

with Natalia Lomeiko, violin

Add to my Calendar 08-04-2017 19:30 08-04-2017 21:30 36 Bristol Symphony Orchestra | Music of Russia Bristol Symphony Orchestra welcomes international concert violinist, Natalia Lomeiko, to perform Shostakovich’s intense and dramatic Violin Concerto No. 1. The piece was composed during the post-war years in Soviet Russia (1947-48), a time of severe censorship. Grounds for banning a work included anti-Soviet propaganda, lack of proper ideological perspective, and a lack of perceived artistic merit. Because of this hostile context, Shostakovich kept the concerto secret and unpublished until Stalin’s death in March 1953, and the political thaw that followed. The work received its first performance in 1955 and was very well received. The violinist, David Oistrach – to whom Shostakovich dedicated the work – remarked on the “depth of its artistic content”, describing the violin part as a “pithy Shakespearean role”.  The concerto is complimented by Tchaikovsky’s cosmopolitan and tuneful Capriccio italien, and Borodin's dramatic Symphony No.2 on Russian themes, both works of great passion and beauty. St George's Bristol, Bristol DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St George's Bristol
Great George Street
Bristol
BS1 5RR
England

Saturday 8th April 2017
7:30 PM

Programme

Dmitry Shostakovich – Violin Concerto no.1 in A minor, Op.77
Aleksandr Borodin – Symphony no.2 in B minor
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Capriccio Italien, Op.45

Performers

Natalia Lomeiko – Violin
William Goodchild – Conductor

Bristol Symphony Orchestra

Programme Note

Bristol Symphony Orchestra welcomes international concert violinist, Natalia Lomeiko, to perform Shostakovich’s intense and dramatic Violin Concerto No. 1. The piece was composed during the post-war years in Soviet Russia (1947-48), a time of severe censorship. Grounds for banning a work included anti-Soviet propaganda, lack of proper ideological perspective, and a lack of perceived artistic merit. Because of this hostile context, Shostakovich kept the concerto secret and unpublished until Stalin’s death in March 1953, and the political thaw that followed. The work received its first performance in 1955 and was very well received. The violinist, David Oistrach – to whom Shostakovich dedicated the work – remarked on the “depth of its artistic content”, describing the violin part as a “pithy Shakespearean role”.

The concerto is complimented by Tchaikovsky’s cosmopolitan and tuneful Capriccio italien, and Borodin's dramatic Symphony No.2 on Russian themes, both works of great passion and beauty.

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