Shostakovich - Symphony No.5. Finale Evgeny Mravinsky and Leonard Bernstein Evgeny Mravinsky and Leonard Bernstein represent two fundamentally different approaches to conducting, shaped by their cultural backgrounds, personalities, and artistic philosophies. Mravinsky was the embodiment of discipline and control. His interpretations were lean, tense, and meticulously structured, often conveying a sense of intellectual severity. He demanded an extraordinary level of precision from his orchestra,

67 reactions | A work of public rehabilitation and — quite possibly — private defiance, Dmitri Shostakovich produced his Fifth Symphony as an act of contrition. Learn more about his most famous piece before the live CSO performances with Marin Alsop on October 10-11. Get tickets at cso.org/ps/24519 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Facebook