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Guest conductor Katharina Wincor leads Shostakovich's mischievous first symphony. Penned when he was a conservatory student, it launched the composer’s career and remains one of his most celebrated contributions to music. Pianist Polina Osetinskaya also takes center stage with Robert Schumann’s beautifully lyrical piano concerto, illuminating the work's poetic intimacy and exhilarating brilliance.

What to Expect:

  • A visit from a rising star: guest conductor Katharina Wincor, leading Shostakovich’s first symphony
  • Webern’s “Passacaglia,” an Italian term for “street song,” was written under the tutelage of Arnold Schoenberg, using the Baroque structure of the passacaglia as a basis for 23 modernist variations on an eight-bar theme

The MSO Steinway piano was made possible through a generous gift from Michael & Jeanne Schmitz

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