Even today, it’s hard to tell whether Shostakovich’s mighty Fifth Symphony tells a story of triumph or despair – or whether his description of it as ‘a Soviet artist’s reply to just criticism’ was anything more than a Stalin-era survival strategy.
But there’s no such ambiguity about the impassioned Nova by Kyiv-born Victoria Vita Polevá. Or indeed about tonight’s premiere from Elena Langer; in fact, there’s a definite smile on the face of this tribute – part choral work, part cello concerto – to the nonsense verse of Edward Lear. Exactly as you’d expect from the endlessly imaginative composer of Figaro Gets a Divorce.
Andrey Boreyko
Kristina Blaumane Cello
London Philharmonic Choir
Victoria Vita Polevá Nova (world premiere)
Elena Langer The Dong with a Luminous Nose (world premiere)
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
Even today, it’s hard to tell whether Shostakovich’s mighty Fifth Symphony tells a story of triumph or despair – or whether his description of it as ‘a Soviet artist’s reply to just criticism’ was anything more than a Stalin-era survival strategy.
But there’s no such ambiguity about the impassioned Nova by Kyiv-born Victoria Vita Polevá. Or indeed about tonight’s premiere from Elena Langer; in fact, there’s a definite smile on the face of this tribute – part choral work, part cello concerto – to the nonsense verse of Edward Lear. Exactly as you’d expect from the endlessly imaginative composer of Figaro Gets a Divorce.
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