Relive Shostakovich’s spirited Festive Overture and emotional Symphony No. 5 in D minor from our first performance of 2023 in the latest release from our Next Stage Digital Concert Series Presented by PNC. Watch now at https://bit.ly/3kAXXFM. | Dallas Symphony Orchestra

It’s finally here...🥁 Shostakovich’s Complete Symphonies is out now! LSO Live presents Shostakovich’s Symphonies Nos 1–15, captured over an extraordinary nine-year project with Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda. Spanning half a century, these works give a complete picture of the composer’s artistic evolution in Soviet Russia, where his music balanced conformity with coded defiance. Noseda offers a definitive take on these symphonies, charting the life and musical legacy of Dmitri Shos

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192 reactions · 32 shares | Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11, “The Year 1905,” is a gripping portrait of the 1905 Russian Revolution written to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the tragic Bloody Sunday uprising. Learn about what to listen for — including nods to several 19th-century revolutionary songs throughout the score — in advance of CSO performances of the work with Jakub Hrůša Conductor on March 20-22. Tickets → cso.org/ps/24536 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Facebook

Amid some of the most difficult circumstances, Dmitri Shostakovich has composed powerful symphonies capturing the hardships, triumphs and ironies of life in Soviet Russia. Hear the Chicago Symphony Orchestra perform Shostakovich’s turbulent Symphony No. 8 — which the composer privately described as a "poem of suffering” when he wrote it during WWII — with conductor Vladimir Jurowski on April 27-29. Get tickets → cso.org/23377 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra