Name: The Sound of Fury – Shostakovich’s Fourth Symphony
Start: 2024-02-29T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-02-29T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Barbican Centre

Organization

Conductor

Simon Rattle

Instrumentalist

Violinist

Isabelle Faust

Violin

London Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra

The Sound of Fury – Shostakovich’s Fourth Symphony

London

United Kingdom

Barbican Centre

Barbican Concert Hall

The Sound of Fury – Shostakovich’s Fourth Symphony: Violin Concerto Op. 77 Brahms (+1 More)

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Concerto For Violin And Orchestra In D Major Op. 77

Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43

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Accordionist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Mezzo-soprano

Singer

Bass

Soprano

Tenor

Contralto

Countertenor

Baritone

Bass-baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

The Sound of Fury – Shostakovich’s Fourth Symphony: Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 77 Brahms (+1 More)

The Programme
It begins with the engines of industry: mechanical marches, pounding brass. An uneasy second movement, and then a nightmarish vision of life in Stalin’s Russia explodes in a frenzied succession of dance themes. 

Shostakovich withdrew his Fourth Symphony before its first performance, after hints that he was treading a fine line with the Soviet authorities. It shines on as an extraordinary vision of thwarted humanity.

Brahms wrote his Violin Concerto with, and for, his friend, the virtuosic Hungarian musician Joseph Joachim, and its foot-stomping finale honours Joachim’s heritage.

The Performers
Isabelle Faust has made an exhaustive study of Joseph Joachim’s approach to this concerto, so her stirring performance is reliably authentic. There are thrills and chills aplenty in Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO’s uncompromising approach to Shostakovich’s masterpiece. 

‘If they cut off both hands, I will compose music anyway, holding the pen in my teeth’ – Shostakovich

Public online booking opens Friday 31 March at 10am

Priority booking for LSO Patrons & Friends:
Thursday 23 March at 10am – for LSO Patrons, LSO Pioneers and Ambassador level Friends
Monday 27 March at 10am – for all LSO Friends

English

The Sound of Fury – Shostakovich’s Fourth Symphony by Brahms, Shostakovich, From (2024/2024), Conductor Simon Rattle, Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom

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