CONCERT INFORMATION
Coffee Concert
Shostakovich's Fifth
Justin Brown, Conductor
PROKOFIEV Overture on Hebrew Themes
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
Friday, February 17, 2012 | 11 a.m.
Alys Stephens Center | Jemison Concert Hall | Map & Directions
Don't miss your chance to explore Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5, a complex and brilliant work written at the height of Stalinist paranoia. With his ultimately life-affirming and optimistic composition, Shostakovich was able to appease the people and the Party both — and break new ground in his formidable career.
