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)

The Friday night performance is sponsored by

The Saturday night performance is co-sponsored by

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