Description:

Maestro Dutoit invites the magnificent Dutch violinist Janine Jansen, one of the most "downloaded" classical recording artists of all time, for performances of Brahms's Violin Concerto--a piece with equal parts drama and cheer. Shostakovich's blistering, cinematic Symphony No. 11 takes its subtitle ("The Year 1905") from a critical moment in Russian revolutionary history--the year the Tsar's guards killed hundreds of unarmed workers, including children, in the Imperial Palace Square. The date of its composition (1957) has caused some to suspect Shostakovich wrote it as a secret protest against the 1956 Soviet invasion of Hungary.

This concert is sponsored by UBS, a global financial services leader.

Related Concerts:

• March 19, 2010
  Beethoven's "Eroica"
• March 27, 2010
  Mozart and Elgar
• April 09, 2010
  The Rite of Spring
• April 11, 2010
  The Rite of Spring
• June 05, 2010
  Dutoit Conducts Strauss
• June 06, 2010
  Dutoit Conducts Strauss

Audio Samples:

BRAHMS - Violin Concerto

SHOSTAKOVICH - Symphony No. 11 ("The Year 1905")

Concert Enhancements:

Free Pre-Concert Conversation one hour prior to concert (About Pre-Concert Conversations)

Program Notes:

February 25, 2010 Download Adobe Acrobat to view Program Notes.

Series Information:

Part of the 2010 Connoisseur Collection, and package Thursday 5C

Part of the 2010 Weekday Collection, and package Thursday 5C