Behind the Music: Shostakovich Symphony No. 4

Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 4 continues the BSO and Andris Nelson's multi-season survey of the composer's complete symphonies. Shostakovich completed this dark but powerfully majestic work in 1936, but fears of official Soviet condemnation following a scathing criticism of his opera "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk" led him to cancel the symphony's premiere. The Fourth was first performed only in 1961. Performed March 22-24, 27, and April 6, 2018 at Symphony Hall Video produced by Anthony Princiotti.