The new season opened with a masterful pairing of early Britten and Shostakovich: in fact, with what is arguably the most thrilling and audacious symphony Shostakovich ever wrote, the — bafflingly, frustratingly rarely programmed — Symphony No. 4.
Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliners will bring the same program to the Lucerne Festival on Tuesday.
Here’s more info and a link to the performance in BP’s Digital Concert Hall.
Filed under: Berlin Philharmonic, Britten, Shostakovich
MEMETERIA by Thomas May 