CANCELLED: NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester / Krzysztof Urbański
The programme for this event has had to be changed as a result of the coronavirus situation
Concerts at the Elbphilharmonie and Laeiszhalle are currently subject to coronavirus-related restrictions. This event is therefore going ahead with an amended programme and reduced seating capacity. There will be two concerts on 10 September at 18:30 and 21:00.
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After Symphonies nos. 4, 5 and 10, the principal guest conductor of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and self-confessed Shostakovich fan Krzysztof Urbański performs another symphony by the great Russian composer. The rarely-heard Twelfth Symphony is subtitled »The Year 1917«, with Shostakovich professing – at least on the surface – to be an enthusiastic supporter of Lenin’s October Revolution. The victory of Communism is celebrated with thunderous drumming and a noisy finale.
In response to the symphony’s first performance in 1961, the Soviet Communist Party accepted Shostakovich as a member. But it is open to doubt whether this was what the composer was really aiming for. Aggressive energy – purely musical in motivation – is also the hallmark of Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto, where the soloist and the orchestra face each other as equal rivals. Sought-after Croatian pianist Dejan Lazić returns to the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra to perform the tricky solo part.
Performers
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
Dejan Lazić piano
conductor Krzysztof Urbański
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 5 Es-Dur op. 73
Dmitri Schostakowitsch
Sinfonie Nr. 12 d-Moll op. 112 »Das Jahr 1917«