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Classics

Fri 28.02.2025 at 19:00 Viimsi Artium

Classics

Concert series of the Vanemuine Symphony Orchestra “Classics”
/Vanemuise sümfooniaorkestri kontserdisari “Klassika”/

Programme
:
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C minor, the Fate Symphony, op. 67
Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 in D minor, op. 47

Conductor
Risto Joost
Vanemuine Symphony Orchestra

Created in 2024, this year’s concert series “Classics” will present to the audience the 5th symphonies of two legendary composers, Ludwig van Beethoven and Dmitri Shostakovich, under the baton of conductor Risto Joost.

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 from 1808 is famous for its ominous opening motif consisting of four notes and is thus also known as The Fate Symphony. Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 (1937) was written for the twentieth anniversary of the 1917 revolution. With this symphony the composer tried to free himself of the ban Stalin placed on performing his compositions across the Soviet Union.

28 February 2025
at the Viimsi Artium
1 March 2025
at the Vanemuine Concert Hall