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.

Related Concerts:

• February 12, 2010
  The Firebird
• February 13, 2010
  The Firebird
• February 14, 2010
  The Firebird
• February 26, 2010
  Brahms's Violin Concerto
• February 28, 2010
  Brahms's Violin Concerto
• March 19, 2010
  Beethoven's "Eroica"

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)

Series Information:

Part of the Connoisseur Collection, and package Thursday 5C

Part of the Weekday Collection, and package Thursday 5C