Andris Nelsons conducts Beethoven and Shostakovich with Mitsuko Uchida, piano
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Japanese pianist Mitsuko Uchida joins Andris Nelsons and the BSO for Ludwig van Beethoven’s monumental Emperor piano concerto. Criticism in the Soviet press of Dmitri Shostakovich’s opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District put him in a precarious position with Soviet authorities. His response was the powerful and outwardly triumphant Fifth Symphony.
Performance Details
Oct 29, 2022, 8:00pm EDT
Featuring
Program Notes & Works
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, Opus 73, Emperor
Beethoven brought a bold and singular new voice to Western music, and there is no better example than the Emperor Concerto.
Symphony No. 5
Dmitri Shostakovich responded to threatening criticism in the Soviet press with his dramatic, triumphant Symphony No. 5, completed quickly in spring 1937 and destined for both official acceptance and long-lasting public success.
