Brahms's Violin Concerto
Brahms's Violin Concerto
Sunday February 28, 2010
2:00  PM
Verizon Hall

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Charles Dutoit - Conductor

Janine Jansen - Violin

Program:

BRAHMS - Violin Concerto

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

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.