Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
NSO COFFEE CONCERTS
Fri. May 2, 2025
11:30a.m.
Event Information
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Genre
Performances for Young Audiences
NSO COFFEE CONCERTS
Noseda conducts Shostakovich’s Fourth | Lisa Batiashvili plays Schnittke
Attend a specially scheduled performance of the National Symphony Orchestra.
Join the National Symphony Orchestra for our Friday morning Coffee Concerts. Enjoy a full-length performance by the NSO at 11:30 a.m. on select Fridays throughout the season. With Gianandrea Noseda at the helm, violinist Lisa Batiashvili’s London Symphony Orchestra performances of Schnittke’s postmodern, genre-defying Violin Concerto No. 1 are “full of fire, imbued with the spirit of discovery…” evoking “the sense that anything could happen.” Now, D.C. audiences have a chance to experience the “fantasy and fury… a performance to cherish” (Classical Explorer). To close, Shostakovich’s revolutionary Symphony No. 4 unleashes a wild, riveting, glorious assault on the senses.
Featuring:
- Alfred Schnittke: Violin Concerto No. 1
- Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4
May 2, 2025
Concert Hall, recommended for grades 6-12
Estimated duration is approximately two hours with a 20-minute intermission.
Are you a parent, caregiver, or adult looking for a listing of available public performances and times (May 1-3)? Find out more on the public show page!
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