SHOSTAKOVICH’S CHAMBER SYMPHONY
DSO Digital ConcertsSHOSTAKOVICH’S CHAMBER SYMPHONY
DSO Digital ConcertsThursday, April 22, 2021—7:30pm
Originally composed as a string quartet, Shostakovich's Chamber Symphony was born out of a personal crisis, as he reluctantly joined the Communist Party. While officially dedicated in memory of victims of "fascism and war," he privately confessed he composed it in memory of himself, fearing otherwise no one else would.
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Program
Artists
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James Conlon
conductor
“ Conlon is the real thing: a master of the orchestra with genuine theatricality and no discernible narcissism. ”
–The Los Angles Times