Orchestra
RSNO: Shostakovich Seven
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
- Great for groups
- First-timer friendly
- Early finish
- Date
- Fri, 30 Oct 2026
- Time
- 18:30 · 2h 0m
- Venue
- Usher Hall, Edinburgh
- City
- Edinburgh
- Conductor
- Bassem Akiki
- Tickets
- from £15
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Summary
Bassem Akiki leads the Royal Scottish National Orchestra at Usher Hall, featuring Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony and the UK premiere of Lera Auerbach’s First Violin Concerto with soloist Philippe Quint.
Why it's fantastic
Experience the sheer scale of a symphony written to defy a wartime siege, alongside a brand-new concerto and the famous brass call that defined twentieth-century Americana. It is an evening of massive musical forces, shifting from an intimate UK premiere to a seventy-minute masterpiece that remains a powerful monument to human resilience.
Programme
- 01Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man (3')
- 02Lera Auerbach - Violin Concerto No1 (28') UK Premiere
- 03Interval
- 04Shostakovich - Symphony No7 Leningrad (70')
Soloists
- Philippe Quint
