A Portrait of a Lady by the Swan Lake
Sakari Oramo conducts the 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich's Symphony No 15, Rossini's William Tell Overture and Borisova-Olla's Violin Concerto with soloist Baiba Skride.
Our survey of the symphonies of Dmitri Shostakovich arrives at the cocktail of fantasy and mystery, recklessness and profundity that is his Symphony No 15. This cradle-to-grave journey in music is one of the composer鈥檚 most enigmatic and fascinating works 鈥� outwardly entertaining yet inwardly reflective, strewn with deep existential shadows.
Sakari Oramo conducts the piece here alongside one of those works from history it seems obsessed with, Rossini鈥檚 William Tell overture. In between the two comes the UK premiere of a Violin Concerto from a Russian-Swedish composer known for her spiritual and dramatic works, Victoria Borisova-Ollas.
Live from the Barbican
Gioachino Rossini: William Tell (Overture)
Victoria Borisova-Ollas: Violin Concerto: A Portrait of a Lady by the Swan Lake (UK premiere; 成人快手 co-commission)
8.05 Interval
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Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony No 15 in A major
Baiba Skride (violin)
成人快手 Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)
