Thomas de Hartmann’s violin concerto, featuring our own Danielle Maddon, conveys the indescribable times in WWII Paris, even as its Romantic beauty is juxtaposed with Adeliia Faizullina’s Bolghar, a musical imagining of the ancient capital of Tatar, solo quray performed by Adeliia. The season ends with the gritty resilience of Shostakovich’s Leningrad symphony.

Adeliia Faizullina
Bolghar, for Quray and Symphony Orchestra (2020)
Adeliia Faizullina, quray
New England premiere

Thomas de Hartmann
Violin Concerto, op. 66 (1943)
Danielle Maddon, violin
Boston premiere

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony no. 7, “Leningrad” (1941)