BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

BBC SSO plays Shostakovich's Fifth (1x3)

Air date: Mar 30, 2021

How do artists stay creative under oppression? Dimitri Shostakovich called his Fifth Symphony a “Soviet artist’s creative response to justified criticism" after his opera was denounced by Stalin’s regime. But how much of this electrifying symphony tows the party line and how much is subversive? Decide for yourself in this performance by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michael Sanderling