Nelsons conducts Shostakovich & Bartók

In this concert evening the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Andris Nelsons turn their attention to the Seventh Symphony of Shostakovich. The work, which Shostakovich wrote during the Germans’ siege of Leningrad, is a symbol of resistance against the Nazi regime and a musical testament to the millions of Soviet citizens who died during the Great Patriotic War. Furthermore, star violinist Janine Jansen performs Bartók’s Violin Concerto No. 1, a work which had to wait fifty years after it was written, in 1958, for its first performance.