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Close Encounters

Brussels
Flagey

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OPEN REHEARSAL: SHOSTAKOVICH & WIDMANN

‘A Soviet artist’s response to just criticism’: that is the subtitle Shostakovich gave his 5th Symphony. But everything about the work is ambiguous: order becomes restlessness, joy is stifled, the harmony suddenly turns shrill. The regime didn’t realize any of this, and yet Shostakovich managed to express the oppression of his people through the music. Alongside this majestic piece is a new creation by Jörg Widmann: a Horn Concerto written for and performed by Stefan Dohr.

rehearsal for the concerts Shostakovich 5:
25.01.2025 in Flagey [info & tickets]
26.01.2025 in Flagey [info & tickets]

YOUR DAY

∙ 11:30 doors open
∙ 12:00 open rehearsal
∙ 13:00 end

PRACTICAL

Flagey, Studio 4 ∙ Place Sainte-Croix, 1050 Ixelleshow to reach the venue

with the support of Beside Tax Shelter and the Belgian Tax Shelter

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS 2024-2025

∙ 26.09.2024 Mahler 3
conducted by Kazushi Ono [more info]
∙ 24.10.2024 Pictures at an Exhibition
conducted by Elias Grandy [more info]
∙ 12.12.2024 Milhaud, Matalon & Strauss
conducted by Kazushi Ono [more info]
∙ 23.01.2025 Shostakovich 5
conducted by Kazushi Ono [more info]
∙ 13.03.2025 Eroica
conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero [more info]
∙ 21.06.2025 Bruckner 7
conducted by Kazushi Ono [more info]