Welcome to a Concert of Music by Benjamin Britten and Dmitri Shostakovich

Inside the Music – Join us for a free pre-concert talk at 18:30 with Timothy Miller.

"This is undoubtedly the best thing I've written so far," Britten told his publisher about his Violin Concerto and the evocative pre-war work (1938–39). Shostakovich referred to Symphonies 7-9 as his "war symphonies." This concert features Symphony No. 8, one of his darkest and most tragic works, composed during World War II and premiered in 1943, shortly after Stalin defeated Hitler at the Battle of Stalingrad.

Programme

Benjamin Britten: Violin Concerto

Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8

Performers

Andris Poga, conductor

Simone Lamsma, violin

Organiser

Stavanger Symphony Orchestra