Triumph of the Human Spirit
Friday, June 21, 8pm
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Los Angeles, California
FOOSA Philharmonic
Thomas Loewenheim, conductor
STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra
SHOSTAKOVICH: Leningrad Symphony
Two of the 20th century’s most powerful musical moments.
one of the world’s most famous concert halls.
From its opening fanfare— used as the theme for Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey— Thus Spake Zarathustra takes us on an epic journey celebrating the limitless potential of the human spirit.
Then comes one of history’s most unlikely musical works. In 1941, Dmitri Shostakovich and millions of his fellow citizens were trapped by the Nazis in the Siege of Leningrad.
“Dozens of Allied spies risked their lives to smuggle this music through Nazi troops to its first audiences!”
The composer poured his experiences into the Leningrad Symphony— a piece so compelling, it was smuggled out of the city in a joint operation by the predecessors to the KGB and the CIA for premieres in Moscow and New York.
Now you can experience the musical masterpiece for which the composer— and dozens of Allied spies— risked their lives, as the FOOSA Philharmonic performs this stunning musical glimpse at a city under siege.
Friday, June 21, 2019, 8pm
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Los Angeles, California
FOOSA Philharmonic
Thomas Loewenheim, artistic director
Richard STRAUSS — Also sprach Zarathustra
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH — Symphony No. 7 Leningrad