Discovering Shostakovich - BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

11 Jan 2017, Nottingham Royal Concert Hall

Discovering Shostakovich

19:30 Wed 11 Jan 2017 Nottingham Royal Concert Hall

Tonight’s focus is Shostakovich – as the BBC Philharmonic unleash his Eighth Symphony

Programme

- - Dmitry Shostakovich
  - Symphony No 8 in C minor

Performers

BBC Philharmonic
Nicholas Collon
conductor
conductor
Stephen Johnson
presenter
presenter

Composers

Dmitry Shostakovich

Concert Information

This evening, the orchestra - under conductor Nicholas Collon - unleash Shostakovich¹s Eighth Symphony, a wartime work of such immense power that the Soviet authorities ultimately banned it.

Alongside orchestral illustrations, broadcaster Stephen Johnson offers fascinating insights into this conflicted masterpiece - before a complete performance of the symphony.