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Prague Symphony Orchestra

The Bridgewater Hall

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From Tchaikovsky’s soaring brilliance to Shostakovich’s life-saving masterpiece, a gripping programme from Tomáš Brauner and the ever-versatile Prague Symphony Orchestra. Dmitri Shostakovich feared for his life. His latest opera had been slammed in Pravda – and many believed the criticism came direct from Joseph Stalin, who had just begun the Great Purge that would hollow out Soviet society. His very existence under threat, Shostakovich responde...

Program

Shostakovich - Symphony No.5

Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto

Composer

Antonín Dvořák - The Noon Witch

Participants

Alexander Sitkovetsky

Violin

Tomáš Brauner

Conductor

The Bridgewater Hall

Producer