Sun 9th July 2017 2:30pm

Crosby Symphony

at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

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Heroes And Demons

Programme:
Mussorgsky - Night on the Bare Mountain
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.3
Shostakovich - Symphony No.5

Juan Ortuno - conductor
William Bracken - piano

The all Russian programme starts with the demonic Night on the Bare Mountain, made famous by Disney’s Fantasia. As for Shostakovich’s 5th symphony – is it a ‘Soviet Artist’s Response to Justified Criticism’, or a hero’s heartfelt expression of a Nation suffering under Stalin? The debate may rage to this day, but no one can doubt the huge emotional impact of one of the most popular symphonies of the 20th Century.