"Soviet Russia: Dissonance and Defiance" is Part II of Camerata San Antonio's “A Russian Mosaic” series. If Imperial Russia evoked opulence and expressive freedom, Soviet Russia reveals a world of creative brilliance forged under constraint. The program explores how composers navigated the iron grip of censorship, ideological scrutiny, and state power - often speaking in irony, ambiguity, and code. Yet even within these confines, extraordinary beauty and depth emerged.
The program includes Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 and Sofia Gubaidulina's Piano Quintet (1957).
"Soviet Russia: Dissonance and Defiance" is Part II of Camerata San Antonio's “A Russian Mosaic” series. If Imperial Russia evoked opulence and expressive freedom, Soviet Russia reveals a world of creative brilliance forged under constraint. The program explores how composers navigated the iron grip of censorship, ideological scrutiny, and state power - often speaking in irony, ambiguity, and code. Yet even within these confines, extraordinary beauty and depth emerged.
The program includes Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 and Sofia Gubaidulina's Piano Quintet (1957).
WHEN
WHERE
TICKET INFO
