ULSTER ORCHESTRA 2017/8 SEASON: SHOSTAKOVICH SYMPHONY JTI LUNCHTIME CONCERT

Hamilton Harty A Comedy Overture

Shostakovich SymphonyNo.1

Rafael Payare CONDUCTOR

Written at the age of eighteen, Shostakovich’s First Symphony has been likened to the opening chapter of a novel, setting the tone for all that follows. Nervous tension and sarcastic wit, passion and intelligence, contemplation and action, nobility and banality – the composer’s trade-marks are all immediately evident in this musically-assured debut.