Evgeny Kissin

Thursday 21 September 2023

Oxford Town Hall, 19:30

John Rutter Anniversary Greeting for the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra*

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

Evgeny Kissin piano

John Rutter conductor*

Marios Papadopoulos conductor

Under the greatest pressure, Shostakovich delivered his most supreme masterpiece. Condemned by the Soviet regime after his satirical opera Lady Macbeth, Shostakovich was ordered to write a symphony rejoicing in Stalin’s reign of terror. The result was a score poetic, sardonic and dramatic ending with a forced smile that proves the most shattering of climaxes. Before it, giant

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