Bach and Shostakovich

Celebrate the multi-faceted instrument that is the violin this May as the San Francisco Symphony performs two great pieces of Violin music. Discover the many different avenues of not only the violin but the San Francisco Symphony as the perform two contrasting pieces, and witness the ever emotive power of music as you rise and fall with two great masters of the strings, Bach and Shostakovich.

Firstly be left with a spring in your step as you enjoy Bach's rousing and ever joyful E Major Violin Concerto, then experience Shostakovich's dark and stirring wartime Eighth Symphony, all lead by Alexander Barantischik on Violin and conducted by Juraj Valcucha.