OPUS VI: SHOSTAKOVICHFEST [OPUS Chamber Music x Canadian Chamber Orchestra]

| Kevin Ahfat, Artistic Director

A celebration of the groundbreaking legacy of Dmitri Shostakovich – a revolutionary mind whose life touched the world deeply. Emotional, raw, & potent, & triumphant.  A composer of enormous power, Shostakovich is a towering figure who grappled with and rebelled against the Soviet regime in which he lived.

He forged a musical language that is able to access deep emotions, drawing upon a potent mix of anger, introspection, & optimism that he and his people were experiencing.  Shostakovich walked a tightrope between two opposites of the emotional spectrum, writing for both sides of the coin: at times savage, raw, deep, and a sincere reflection of his life, but also simultaneously joyous, witty, and optimistic in order to cope with the times in which he lived.  

Throughout all of this emotional struggle, at the core of Shostakovich’s music exists a quiet strength – a call to hold on to hope in the most desolate of times.  

ALL-SHOSTAKOVICH Program

+PROGRAM – Waltz from Jazz Suite No. 2 | Octet | Piano Concerto No. 1 | Duo for Two Violins | Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a | Waltz from Jazz Suite No. 1

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Eglinton St. George's United Church, 35 Lytton Boulevard, Toronto, Canada