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Oh To Believe in Another World: Shostakovich 10

Part of Southbank Centre’s festival Multitudes

  • Philharmonia
Royal Festival Hall
Thu 24 Apr7.30 pm
1 hours 30 minutes
Conductor(s):

Marin Alsop

Performer(s):

William Kentridge – director
Philharmonia Chorus

Programme

Bernstein Chichester Psalms

— Interval —

Shostakovich Symphony No. 10, with Oh To Believe in Another World, a film by William Kentridge

About this event

Oh To Believe in Another World is an animated film to ‘illuminate and honour’ Shostakovich’s powerful Symphony No. 10. Shostakovich’s symphony was premiered a few months after the death of Stalin, and in it he puts into music the violence and dread of Russia’s years under the dictator’s regime. Using collage, puppets and masked actors, artist William Kentridge creates a dream-like ‘Soviet museum’ to accompany the symphony, featuring a cast of characters including Lenin, Stalin, and Shostakovich himself.

William Kentridge works in many disciplines, from drawing, sculpture and textiles to dance and opera – a 2022 retrospective at the Royal Academy simply called him a ‘global creative powerhouse.’ Much of his work addresses the politics of oppression, in his native South Africa and around the world.

To complement Shostakovich’s symphony, Marin Alsop has chosen Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms. Bernstein was a huge admirer of Shostakovich, both as a composer and on a personal level. Commissioned by the Dean of Chichester Cathedral, these hopeful and life-affirming psalm settings are a plea for peace. And at their commissioner’s request, there’s more than a dash of West Side Story about their upbeat rhythms and youthful energy.

Venue details

Royal Festival Hall

Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX

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