Organization

Instrumentalist

Augustin Hadelich

Violin

Conductor

Andris Nelsons

James Burton

Erica J. Washburn

Singer

Bass

Matthias Goerne

Orchestra

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Others

Tanglewood Festival Chorus

New England Conservatory Symphonic Choir

Andris Nelsons conducts Britten and Shostakovich

Boston

United States

Boston Symphony Hall

Public

Violin Concerto, Op. 15

Symphony 13

Anna-Maria Gkouni

Approved

Andris Nelsons conducts Britten and Shostakovich: Violin Concerto, op. 15 Britten (+1 More)

The BSO and Andris Nelsons complete their multi-season survey of Dmitri Shostakovich’s symphonies with No. 13, Babi Yar, based on poems by Yevgeny Yevteshenko. Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov makes his BSO debut in these performances. The title poem condemns Soviet revisionist history and antisemitism surrounding a Nazi massacre of Ukrainian Jews. Opening the program, frequent BSO guest Augustin Hadelich plays Benjamin Britten’s early, lyrical Violin Concerto, the composer’s reaction to the tragedy of the Spanish Civil War.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Instrumentation

Ensemble