SHOSTAKOVICH CENTENNIAL FESTIVAL
Kirov Orchestra
of the Mariinsky Theatre
Janet Eilber artistic director
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 8 PM
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1 PM
[ONE-HOUR FAMILY PERFORMANCE]
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 8 PM
Power Center • Ann Arbor
Valery Gergiev conductor
Men of the UMS Choral Union I U-M Men's Glee Club
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 8 PM
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 8 PM
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 4 PM
Hill Auditorium • Ann Arbor
Esteemed conductor Valery Gergiev and the Kirov
Orchestra return for the final installment of the
Shostakovich Centennial Festival, a series of
concerts celebrating the 100th birthday of
Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich (born
September 25, 1906). This series of concerts will
only take place in Ann Arbor and New York City.
ALL-SHOSTAKOVICH PROGRAM (FRI 10/20)
Symphony No, 11 in g minor, Op. 103 ('The Year 1905") (1957)
Symphony No. 6 in b minor, Op. 54 (1939)
ALL-SHOSTAKOVICH PROGRAM (SAT 10/21)
Symphony No. 12 in d minor, Op. 112 ("1917, or Lenin") (1961)
Symphony No. 14 in g minor, Op. 135 (1969)
ALL-SHOSTAKOVICH PROGRAM (SUN 10/22)
Symphony No. 8 in c minor, Op. 65 (1943)
Symphony No. 13 in b-flat minor, Op. 113 ("Babi Yar") (1962)
Special Pre-Concert lecture:
"Mass Murder, Memorials, and Music:
Babi Yar And Its Politics"
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2 PM
Rackham Auditorium
(915 East Washington Street) Free admission
Zvi Gitelman, Preston R. Tisch Professor
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PROGRAM (FRI 1 0/13)
Prelude and Revolt: Denishawn to Graha
(seven dances charting the era when Graham
of Judaic Studies and professor, U-M
Department of Political Science, leads
a special pre-concert lecture prior to the
final performance of the Kirov Orchestra
featuring Shostakovich's Symphony
No. 13 in b-flat minor, Op. 113 ("Babi Yar").
This historic composition memorializes
the Russian Jews killed at Babi Yar during
World War II.
A collaboration with the U-M Center
for Russian and East European Studies.
revolutionized the worlds of dance and theater )
Errand f into the Ma z e (Music by Menotti) (1947)
t (Music by Carl Nielsen) (1981)
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The Shostakovich Centennial Weekend is presented
with support from Kaydon Corp. and the
Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation.
PROGRAM (FAMILY PERFORMANCE)
amentation (Music by Kodily) (1930)
iverslon of Angels (Music by Dello Joio) (1948)
atachian Spring (Music by Copland) (1944)
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