Name: The Joker: Dmitri Shostakovich in the 1930s
Start: 2023-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Cadogan Hall

Organization

Conductor

Peter Ash

Instrumentalist

Aleksandar Madzar

Piano

Sam Balchin

Trumpet

Singer

Roly Botha

Narrator

Cadogan Hall

Orchestra

Odyssey Festival Orchestra

The Joker: Dmitri Shostakovich in the 1930s

London

United Kingdom

The Joker: Dmitri Shostakovich in the 1930s: Nos Shostakovich (+4 More)

Public

The Nose, op. 15

Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra, op. 35

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29

Suite for orchestra from "The Limpid Stream", Op. 39a

Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, op. 47

Concert

Approved

Bass

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

Oboist

hornist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Harper

Saxophonist

Trombonist

Harpsichordist

Accordionist

Bassist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Stage director

Librettist

Set designer

Costume designer

Choreographer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Illustrator

Extra

Baritone

Mezzo-soprano

Contralto

Countertenor

Tenor

Bass-baritone

Soprano

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

The Joker explores composer Dmitri Shostakovich’s relationship with the authorities in Soviet Russia in the 1930s, with excerpts from opera and ballet music and complete performances of two of his greatest works from this period.

The narration will be drawn from Shostakovich’s own writings and other contemporary sources – most notably the main soviet newspaper Pravda (Truth) which, in 1936, accused the composer of writing ‘muddle instead of music’.

After this Shostakovich had to resort to writing in a kind of musical code to survive. The narration explores how he avoided being sent to a labour camp and emerged triumphant with his Fifth Symphony.

The soloists in Shostakovich’s brilliant First Piano Concerto will be the distinguished Serbian master, Aleksandar Madzar, and the orchestra’s star young trumpeter, Sam Balchin.

The conductor is Odyssey’s Artistic Director, Peter Ash. Odyssey Festival Orchestra was launched in 2022. The players are drawn largely from young musicians in the London area aged 18-30. They are recruited from a diverse range of backgrounds.

Odyssey aspires to present great works from the orchestral repertoire in their cultural and philosophical context, using actors and specially constructed scripts to draw the audience to great masterpieces.

English

The Joker: Dmitri Shostakovich in the 1930s by Shostakovich, Various, Od (2023/2023), Dirigent Peter Ash, Cadogan Hall, London, United Kingdom

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