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BSO: Shostakovich Violin Concerto with Ray Chen

  • Meyerhoff Symphony Hall 1212 Cathedral Street Baltimore, MD, 21201 United States (map)

Jun Märkl, conductor
Ray Chen, violin

MESSIAEN The Forgotten Offerings 
SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1 
RAVEL Pavane for a Dead Princess 
STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration 

Violin sensation Ray Chen returns to perform Shostakovich’s formidable First Violin Concerto, a deeply personal work that was hidden from the scrutiny of the Stalinist regime. The program also includes Ravel’s hauntingly beautiful Pavane for a Dead Princess and Richard Strauss' contemplative and powerful tone poem, Death and Transfiguration.

Source:: https://www.bsomusic.org/calendar/events/2019-2020-events/ray-chen-performs-shostakovich/
Earlier Event: March 15
Chamber Music by Candlelight
Later Event: March 21
BSO: Shostakovich Violin Concerto with Ray Chen, Off the Cuff!