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Sibelius and Shostakovich (rehearsal)
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  February 14, 2008 10:30 AM
  February 14, 2008 8:00 PM
  February 15, 2008 1:30 PM
  February 16, 2008 8:00 PM
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
February 14, 2008 10:30 AM
Symphony Hall
Boston, Massachusetts
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Featured Artists
[Mark Elder]
Sir Mark Elder
conductor
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Vadim Repin
violin
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Program  Notes   Audio 
SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto
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SHOSTAKOVICH
 Symphony No. 4
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Pre-Concert Talk given by Harlow Robinson, Northeastern University, at 9:30 am, Symphony Hall. Free to performance ticket holders.

Mark Elder will also speak briefly before this performance.

Tanglewood Download the full Program Notes

BSO Concert Preview Podcast

Audio Concert Preview by Marc Mandel, BSO Publications Director

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About the Music

The English conductor Mark Elder and the Russian violinist Vadim Repin collaborate with the BSO in Sibelius’s uniquely beautiful Violin Concerto. Sibelius’s deep knowledge of and love for Finnish folk music is evident here, as is his love for the violin, his own instrument. Shostakovich’s rarely heard Symphony No. 4, a powerful work long overshadowed by his Fifth Symphony, received its only previous BSO performances under the direction of Gennady Rozhdestvensky in spring 1978.
Open Rehearsals are open to the public and are offered at a discounted price from the actual performance ticket prices. Tickets to Open Rehearsals are priced for general admittance and seating is on a "first come, first served" basis. Patrons should be aware that these performances are working rehearsals in which the conductor may stop the orchestra to rehearse specific passages of the music that the conductor considers to require more refinement.
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