London Philharmonic Orchestra
T1271730880
Archive :: production:T1271730880, concert:S0621569586, venue:V423
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ow ought one express one’s country in music, when that country is under the grip of a despotic regime, or when one’s homeland has been wiped out by occupying forces? Such questions were all too familiar to Shostakovich and Szymanowski. Shostakovich's immense and gripping Fourth Symphony seems a screaming plea to the submissive subjects of the soviet state. The latter’s concerto, pitting a singing violin against a magical kaleidoscope of orchestral colour, echoes the Poland Szymanowski longed to see restored but whose sovereignty would never be recognised in his hometown of Tymoszowka.
Royal Festival Hall
