Like a Ken Burns PBS special - but with live music - Bjaland brought us into the life and times of a period before skyscrapers and computers. ... This is, I hope, the future of great classical music concerts. It's innovation that enhances. And, it deserved the cheers that went beyond the standard Sarasota standing ovation.

June LeBell
Classical Music Reviewer

SHOSTAKOVICH • Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47

Moderato
Allegretto
Largo
Allegro non troppo

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Shostakovich:
Truth or Consequences

Rescheduled for a future season.
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Shostakovich's music was periodically banned and officially denounced twice by the Stalinist-era Soviet Union. He wrote his Fifth Symphony as a testament to his triumph over adversity. But triumph how? Sorting fact from fiction in this story is no small feat. Survival required Shostakovich to wear many masks and speak in a code that few could truly understand.