Gergiev, Djoeva, Petrenko & Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra: Shostakovich

About the Event

With the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Valery Gergiev confronts the symphonies of Shostakovich.

The driving, anguished Fifth Symphony, created in the climate of terror created by Stalin's purges, finds a contrast in the more intimate Fourteenth; including solo soprano and bass parts, it is built around settings of poems by Rilke, Apollinaire, and Garcia Lorca.