Thursday Concert No. 1

The first concert, dedicated to the season's theme "Planet Shostakovich," juxtaposes two works that, in very different ways, touch on profound ideological layers and, precisely through contrast, open up new realms of interpretation: Dmitri Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77, was composed in 1947/1948, during a time of inner and outer distress. Jewish themes, such as those in the sharply drawn Scherzo, lend the work a dual cod...