Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra

Sun 15 Feb View Venues, Dates & Times

One of the Midlands’ best known and most admired non-professional orchestras, the Birmingham Phil here perform Elgar’s Falstaff before taking on the challenge of Shostakovich’s 10th Symphony. 
The composition was written following the death of Joseph Stalin, during whose time as Russian leader Shostakovich had been forbidden to write any music which featured Western influences. The 10th Symphony is viewed as the work in which the composer first made moves to free himself from the creative shackles which Stalin had imposed upon him.     

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