128th UMS SEASON
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)
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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)
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Special Pre-Concert Lecture:
"Mass Murder, Memorials, and Music:
Babi Tar And Its Politics"
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2 PM
Rackham Auditorium
(915 East Washington Street) Free admission
The Mar a Graham Dance Company
presents three different programs of
works Choreographed by innovative
20th-century artist and modern dance
icon Martha Graham.
PROGRAM (FRI 10/13)
Prelude and Revolt: Denishawn to Graham
(seven dances charting the era when Graham
revolutionized the worlds of dance and theater)
Errand into the Maze (Music by Menotti) (1947)
Acts of Light (Music by Carl Nielsen) (1981)
PROGRAM (FAMILY. PERFORMANCE)
Lamentation (Music by Kodaly) (1930)
Diversion of Angels (Music by Dello Joio) (1948)
Appalachian Spring (Music by Copland) (1944)
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Zvi Gitelman, Preston R. Tisch Professor
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 Shostakovichis 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.
The Shostakovich Centennial Weekend is presented
with support from Kaydon Corp. and the
Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation.
The Friday night performance is sponsored by 471/Z
The Saturday night performance is co-sponsored by
'PROGRAM (SAT 10/14)
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Errand into the Maze (Music by Menotti) (1947)
Diversion of Angels (Music by Dello_Joio) (1948)
,Appalachian Spring (Music by. Copland) 0 1944)
-..Chronicle (Music by Wallingford Riegger) (1936;
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