Name: Rush Hour: Shostakovich's Ninth
Start: 2024-11-14T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-11-14T00:00:00.000Z
Location: The Bridgewater Hall

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Delyana Lazarova

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Matthew Hamilton

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Hanna Hipp

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Rush Hour: Shostakovich's Ninth

Manchester

United Kingdom

The Bridgewater Hall

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Concert

Psalm 130: Du fond de l'abîme

Symphony No. 9 E-flat Major, op. 70

Sushant Karmakar

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Delyana Lazarova, internationally acclaimed conductor, takes to the podium to conduct Shostakovich’s triumphantly defiant Ninth Symphony.

Ostensibly, Shostakovich’s Ninth Symphony was his tribute to Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. Under the surface, however, was a bold critique of Soviet leaders and the chaos ensuing even after the war ended. The final movement uses The Dance of the Bones (a favourite of Stalin’s), a sardonic signpost to the decreasing food supplies in post-war Russia at the time.

Preceding this is Lili Boulanger’s ominous setting of Psalm 130, widely believed to be a reaction to the outbreak of World War One. Delyana Lazarova, winner of the inaugural Siemens Hallé International Conductor’s Competition, directs the massed forces of the Hallé, Hallé Choir, a rising star from the RNCM and the stunning Hanna Hipp.

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Rush Hour: Shostakovich's Ninth by Boulanger, Shostakovich, From (2024/2024), Conductor Delyana Lazarova, The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, United Kingdom

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