Concertgebouw Orchestra plays Shostakovich' Symphony No. 7

Date & Time

Sun, Apr 27, 2025, 14:15

Venue

Het Concertgebouw, Main Hall (Amsterdam)

It was during the siege of Leningrad (now St Petersburg) by the Nazis that Shostakovich composed the bulk of his Seventh Symphony, a monumental, poignant requiem for a ravaged city and for the victims of totalitarian regimes everywhere. For conductor Semyon Bychkov, who was born and educated in that city, the ‘Leningrad’ Symphony has great historical and personal significance.Almost a year after Leningrad was taken, the symphony was performed in the besieged city by local musicians, most of whom had... Read full text

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Musicians

Concertgebouw Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov	Conductor

Program

Symfonie nr. 7 in C major, op. 60 'Leningrad'

Dmitri Shostakovich

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