Music: Shostakovich, Borodin

16 Apr – 18 Apr

8 place Oscar Niemeyer, Le Volcan, 76600 Le Havre

Under the baton of Pierre Dumoussaud, the Normandy Rouen Opera Orchestra and cellist Anne Gastinel present a concert featuring Russian music. ‘The Polovtsian Dances’ is a choral suite taken from Alexander Borodin’s opera Prince Igor. Borodin regarded himself as an amateur composer, pursuing a career as a chemist and composing only when he had the time. However, *Prince Igor* was completed by his two friends, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Glazunov. More contemporary works, Dmitri Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto and Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93, embody both his romanticism and his modernity. These two works, written during the Cold War, bear witness to Shostakovich’s critical relationship with the authorities, despite being a revolutionary at heart. He admitted to having composed the particularly oppressive allegro whilst thinking of Stalin. Duration: 2 hours 20 minutes Suitable for ages 8 and over Booking essential

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