Shostakovich Symphony No.7

Liadov Baba-Yaga

Victoria Borisova-Ollas Oh Giselle, remember me... (UK premiere / RLPS co-commission with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra)

Shostakovich Symphony No.7, ‘Leningrad’

Vasily Petrenko - Conductor

Victor Julien-Laferrière - Cello

A great city is under siege, and as the bullets fly, the defenders of Leningrad use loudspeakers to blast Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony, defiant and colossal, at the Nazi forces. Everything about the Leningrad Symphony is supersized, and trust us: when Vasily Petrenko conducts it, you’ll feel the air shake. This is music that’s larger than life, and we’ve paired it with an emotional and much-anticipated new concerto by Victoria Borisova-Ollas, co-commissioned by Liverpool Philharmonic and performed for the first time in the UK.
This concert is approximately 3 hours long, including an interval. Please note, the concert starts at 2pm.