• • ctivities a • o encourag "on, auto • Shabbat Shalom! it, Jewish litlio l0Federation Shostakovich Centennial Festival Kirov Orchestra UMS Choral Union I Valery Gergiev conductor FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 8 PM I SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 7:30 PM ■ Hill Auditorium The Kirov Orchestra returns to Ann ALL-SHOSTAKOVICH PROGRAM (FRI 3/17) Symphony No. 1 in f minor, Op. 10 (1924-25) Symphony No. 2 in B Major, Op. 14 ("October Revolution") (1927) Symphony No. 10 in e minor, Op. 93 (1953) Arbor after their stunning performance in 2003 as part of the Celebrating St. Petersburg Festival. Led by world- renowned conductor Valery Gergiev, ALL-SHOSTAKOVICH PROGRAM (SUN 3/19) Symphony No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 70 (1945) Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60 ("Leningrad") (1941) the Kirov Orchestra celebrates Dmitri Shostakovich's 100th birthday by performing eleven of the composer's Sponsored by P . zer symphonies — an exclusive series Supported by Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation. of events that will only take place in Media Partners WGTE 91.3 FM, WDET 101.9 FM, and Observer & Eccentric Newspapers. Ann Arbor and at Lincoln Center in New York City. UMS's Shostakovich Free Education Event: Centennial Festival spans two seasons, SHOSTAKOVICH SYMPOSIUM SATURDAY, MARCH 18,1-6 PM with the second installment taking place October 20-22,2006. Rackham Amphitheatre This Shostakovich Symposium features keynote speaker Alex Ross ( The New Korke/) and a screening of the documentary film The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (1997). .s1V.R.Sty) t- -, T urns Call or Click for Tickets! 734.764.2538 I www.ums.org ;- soco, - outside the 734 area code, call toll-free 800.221.1229 MC' 0111111it 14 , .111, gain al "Am. 1087650 March 9 - 2006 35