Andris Nelsons conducts Brahms, Mackey, and Shostakovich with Baiba Skride, violin
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Music Director Andris Nelsons leads the world premiere of a BSO-commissioned Concerto for Curved Space, for orchestra by Grammy-winning American composer/guitarist Steven Mackey, whose vibrant music embraces a range of influences, from Ludwig van Beethoven to modern rock. 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.
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Baiba Skride, violin
Steven MACKEY Concerto for Curved Space, for orchestra (world premiere; co-commissioned by the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Music Director, through the generous support of the New Works Fund established by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.) (30)
SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 2 (33)
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BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 (42)
Performance Details
Jan 26, 2023, 7:30pm EST
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Program Notes & Works
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.
Shostakovich - 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.
