Hallé: Shostakovich's First Symphony

Dvorak Scherzo capriccioso | Chopin Piano Concerto No.1 (this work replaces Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.1) | Shostakovich Symphony No.1

Czech conductor, Tomás Hanus, conducts Dvorák’s Scherzo capriccioso, bursting with Bohemian charm. Eric Lu, the latest winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition will then take centre stage for Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor. Shostakovich’s astonishingly assured First Symphony lays out his youthful manifesto of where the symphonic form might go in the 20th century, with an appreciative nod in the direction of tradition. More than anything, it’s great fun too!