Dominicale n°5

This final Dominicale of the season explores the different ways in which three composers reinvented existing material. Shostakovich's Chamber Symphony, an adaptation of his String Quartet No. 8, amplifies through the string orchestra the tragic and personal dimension of a score dedicated to the victims of war, while Bach's Concerto for Violin and Oboe, reconstructed from his famous Concerto for Two Harpsichords, illustrates the composer's art of reusing and transforming his works as circumstances required.