ASO The History of Struggle Info

More than 400 SPARK kids attended The History of Struggle ASO Concert on 2/10!  What an exciting time! We filled most of the Loge and the front of the Second Balcony!

The History Of Struggle

Shostakovich:             Festive Overture (commemorating the October Revolution, known as “Red October” during the Russian Revolution)

Persichetti:                  Lincoln Address (includes narrator who reads Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, accompanied by the orchestra)

John Williams:            Schindler’s List (Music from the film, which tells the story of Oskar Schindler, a Nazi who saved 1200 Jews during the Holocaust)

Shostakovich:             Symphony No. 5 excerpts & Finale movement (written under pressure from the Soviet government and in response to the Russian Zhdanov Doctrine)

Tchaikovsky:              Marche Slav (commissioned by the Red Cross during the Serbo-Turkish War for a benefit concert to aid wounded Serbian veterans)

John Williams:            Liberty Fanfare (commissioned in 1986 to commemorate the centennial of the Statue of Liberty, which remains a symbol of freedom and America)

 Links:

Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 http://www.pbs.org/keepingscore/shostakovich-symphony-5.html

http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2014/11/05/361810167/power-and-struggle-in-a-soviet-symphony

http://www.npr.org/2014/11/02/358124326/amid-hunger-and-cold-an-unforgettable-symphony-premiere