Casual Friday: Andris Nelsons conducts Brahms and Shostakovich with Baiba Skride, violin
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Latvian violinist Baiba Skride returns to Symphony Hall for Dmitri Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 2, written for the great Ukrainian violinist David Oistrakh in 1967. Johannes Brahms’ profound and majestic Fourth Symphony closes the program.
Hear introductory remarks from principal trombonist Toby Oft before the concert and stay after for a post-show conversation with Director of Program Publications Robert Kirzinger and violinist Baiba Skride.
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Baiba Skride, violin
SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 2 (33)
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 (42)
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Program Notes & Works
Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich wrote his Second Violin Concerto for Ukraine-born violinist David Oistrakh, whose singing, lyrical tone inspired the work's long-breathed, prevailingly melodic character.
Symphony No. 4
Brahms's Symphony No. 4 in E minor is a dark, formally taut work that displays all the composer’s mastery of counterpoint and motivic transformation.
Concerto for Curved Space, for orchestra
The BSO co-commissioned Mackey's ever-evolving Concerto for Curved Space. Much of the music in the piece was generated from the composer's 2020 series of electric guitar etudes.
Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich wrote his Second Violin Concerto for Ukraine-born violinist David Oistrakh, whose singing, lyrical tone inspired the work's long-breathed, prevailingly melodic character.
Symphony No. 4
Brahms's Symphony No. 4 in E minor is a dark, formally taut work that displays all the composer’s mastery of counterpoint and motivic transformation.
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