Philadelphia Orchestra: Bach, Assad, Shostakovich (Eschenbach, Salerno-Sonnenberg) September 28, 2006

BACH Violin Concerto No. 2
ASSAD Violin Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5

Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg brings her no-holds-barred approach to the formal beauty of Bach, followed by Shostakovich's perennially popular Fifth Symphony conducted by Christoph Eschenbach. Officially viewed as "the practical creative reply of a Soviet artist to just criticism," this was the Russian composer's mid-career coup - after his music had been politically attacked, he returned into the good graces of both communist officials and the public, who stood and cheered its premiere.

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