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BSO: Marin conducts Beethoven's Fifth

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Marin Conducts Beethoven's Fifth

Music Director Laureate Marin Alsop returns with the astonishing violinist Augustin Hadelich for a program that celebrates the redemptive power of creativity. Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony turns mere notes into articles of faith, charting an iconic course from darkness to light. The Violin Concerto that Shostakovich wrote after Stalin’s death revels in the freedom of self-expression. Amid the pain of World War II, Still memorialized his fellow Black Americans and their long-overlooked sacrifices.

Artists
Marin Alsop, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin

Repertoire
STILL In Memoriam: The Colored Soldiers Who Died for Democracy
SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

Earlier Event: November 6
BSO: A Soldier's Tale and Romeo & Juliet
Later Event: November 11
BSO: Marin conducts Beethoven's Fifth