Göteborgs Konserthus FOCUS SOVIET: SHOSTAKOVICH, PROKOFIEV, MOSOLOV

Event has already taken place. Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor, Fumiaki Miura, violin

Concert length: 2 h incl. intermission Scene: Stora salen
330-490 SEK Student 165-245 SEK

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This evening’s concert stands on the shoulders of giants – unforgettable music from an unforgettable time, performed by the Gothenburg Symphony, led by Santtu-Matias Rouvali.

Plenty of fantastic music was composed in the former Soviet Union, but many composers had problems with those in power. One of them was Shostakovich. The virtuose violin concerto was composed in 1948, but didn’t premiere until 1955, two years after Stalin’s death. At the Gothenburg Concert Hall, the violin soloist is Japanese rising star Fumiaki Miura.

Prokofiev also had to learn to navigate Stalin’s strict cultural climate. His fifth symphony – he wrote seven – was created after the Second World War, and is a real highlight: virtuose, powerful and daring. Prokofiev didn’t want to get on the wrong side of Stalin, so he made the symphony both melodic and grandiose.

Alexander Mosolov’s motorically driving and industry-mimicking Iron Foundry was pioneering when it premiered in 1926. But Mosolov soon got on the wrong side of the Soviet Union’s culture politicians, and was excluded from the Composers’ Association and put in prison in Gulag shortly thereafter. Following his liberation, he was a shadow of his former self, and his music remained anonymous.

Concert Introduction

Free introduction with musicians from the orchestra in the Stora Salen Hall one hour before the start of the concert.

Programme

Mosolov Iron Foundry 3 min

Shostakovich Violin Concerto No 1 36 min

Intermission 25 min

Prokofjev Symphony No 5 45 min

Participants



Fumiaki Miura violin

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