Beginning the program was J.S. Bach’s spirited Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major. Tessa Lark and flutist Alex Sopp, both ...

During a trip to Russia I found life dictated by an insatiable drive for upward mobility and consumption, but pragmatism when ...

The highlight of the event is Symphony No. 7, known as ‘Leningrad’, which denounces war and totalitarianism. A message that is now more relevant than ever.

His “Leningrad” shows the master’s influence. For this titanic work, the symphony pulled out all the stops. The symphony’s creative consultant, Gerard McBurney, and actor-director Rosina ...

This was (quite literally) dangerous music. After 10 rehearsals with the Leningrad Philharmonic, Shostakovich abruptly withdrew the symphony from its premiere, citing incompatibility with his ...

Out of his fear and inner turmoil came the Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, which premiered in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) on November 21, 1937. The audience reaction was immediate and emotional ...

and we’re doing something similar this spring with our two May concerts of Shostakovich’s Leningrad Symphony.” The new season will also see a few changes, some more visible than others.

Bychkov was born in Leningrad to Jewish parents and his family left Russia for Vienna in 1974, then settled in the U.S. one year later. He attended the Mannes School of Music and got to know ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Eva Krestová remembered Semyon Bychkov’s first rehearsal as chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic, leading Shostakovich’s “Leningrad” symphony. “I was shaking ...

leading Shostakovich’s “Leningrad” symphony. “I was shaking,” the viola leader recalled of that day in Prague’s Rudolfinum. “He smiled at me and from this moment, I knew that I can ...