NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Krzysztof Urbański

Haydn / Shostakovich

This concert has already taken place! 15 | 26 | 42 | 62 | 72
This concert has already taken place! 15 | 26 | 42 | 62 | 72
Truls Mørk
Truls Mørk © Johs Bøe
Krzysztof Urbański
Krzysztof Urbański © Marco Borggreve
  • Doors open 19:00

  • Start 20:00

  • Interval

  • End ca. 21:55

Description

Krzysztof Urbański impressed last season with a very political interpretation of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony. By the time Shostakovich composed his Fifth, he had already realised that brusquely expressed opinions like »That’s drivel, not music!« could be the difference between life and death when it came from Stalin’s mouth. As a result, the Russian composer lived in a perpetual conflict between artistic freedom and ideological conformity. Shostakovich was working on his Fourth Symphony when he became the subject of scrutiny. It was said that a mortal terror and a protest against the Soviet regime could be heard in the work’s preposterous marches and disturbingly cheerful passages. Shostakovich withdrew the most audacious sections shortly before the premiere in a move that probably saved his life.

Performers

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester

Truls Mørk violoncello

conductor Krzysztof Urbański

Programme

Joseph Haydn
Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester C-Dur Hob. VIIb/1

– Interval –

Dmitri Schostakowitsch
Sinfonie Nr. 4 c-Moll op. 43

Subscription

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra Subscription C

Live Broadcast

This concert will be broadcast live on NDR Kultur radio station.

Promoter: NDR

During your visit

Elbphilharmonie Plaza

A public viewing platform on the 8th floor of the Elbphilharmonie

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Before the concert and in the interval

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