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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Mark Wigglesworth

Orchestra

Singer

Soprano

Elizabeth Atherton

Bass-baritone

Joshua Bloom

Bass

Afternoon Concert: Shostakovich 14

Glasgow

United Kingdom

City Halls

Public

Concert

Oratorio / Orchestral

Simple Symphony, op. 4

Symphony No. 14, Op. 135

Jnanakumar P

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This concert pairs two giants of 20th century music (who were also friends) at polar ends of their lives. Britten’s youthful genius shines through in this early work for strings while Shostakovich’s penultimate symphony, part song-cycle, part symphony, was written in the shadow of death. Conductor and Shostakovich expert Mark Wigglesworth believes it’s the composer’s finest work, a symphony about mortality that gives ‘the most inspirational of messages’. Live broadcast on BBC Radio 3, presented by Kate Molleson.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble