Name: Half Six Fix: Shostakovich 4
Start: 2024-02-28T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-02-28T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Barbican Centre

Organization

Conductor

Simon Rattle

Presenter

London Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra

Barbican Centre

Half Six Fix: Shostakovich 4

London

United Kingdom

Barbican Concert Hall

Half Six Fix: Shostakovich 4: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43 Shostakovich

Public

Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass

Singer

Soprano

Bass-baritone

Baritone

Tenor

Mezzo-soprano

Countertenor

Contralto

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

The Programme
Discover this shocking, dissonant, savagely ironic work: a statement of rebellion against Stalin’s dictatorship.

It begins with the engines of industry: mechanical marches, pounding brass. An uneasy second movement, and then a nightmarish vision of life in Stalin’s Russia explodes in a frenzied succession of dance themes. 

Shostakovich withdrew his Fourth Symphony before its first performance, after hints that he was treading a fine line with the Soviet authorities. It shines on as an extraordinary vision of thwarted humanity.

The Performers
There are thrills and chills aplenty in Conductor Emeritus Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO’s uncompromising approach to Shostakovich’s masterpiece. In this performance, you can hear the shuddering depths of emotion behind its wild mood swings and bitter cynicism. 

‘When a man is in despair, it means that he still believes in something.’ – Shostakovich

Public online booking opens Friday 31 March at 10am

Priority booking for LSO Patrons & Friends:
Thursday 23 March at 10am – for LSO Patrons, LSO Pioneers and Ambassador level Friends
Monday 27 March at 10am – for all LSO Friends

English

Half Six Fix: Shostakovich 4 by Shostakovich, Ó (2024/2024), Seoltóir Simon Rattle, Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Criú

Ensemble

Clár, Eolas & Achoimre

Grianghraif

Tuilleadh léitheoireachta

Dátaí & Ionaid Feidhmíochta

Ionaid