About the Orchestra
Our next concert – Shostakovich Symphonies 1 and 12, Saturday 21 September 2024
Formed in November 1999, the London Shostakovich Orchestra is one of the capital’s most exciting amateur ensembles. For most of that time, our conductor has been Christopher Cox, and our Leader, Jonathan Lee. The inaugural concert on 13th May 2000, in which the main work was Shostakovich’s 10th Symphony drew praise from audience and critics alike. One listener commented that he was
“astonished by the extremely high standard of performance and interpretation.”
The orchestra exists to provide serious musicians with the opportunity to rehearse and perform symphonic repertoire to a high standard, with particular emphasis on the works of Dmitri Dmitrovich Shostakovich, his contemporaries and other Russian composers. Drawing its membership mainly but not exclusively from the London amateur and semi-professional musical communities, enthusiastic players of a good standard are warmly invited to apply for membership.
The Symphony Cycle
We achieved our original objective of performing all of Shostakovich’s symphonies with our concert on 8 March 2014 featuring Symphony No 14.
We’ve performed Symphonies No. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 11 more than once.
Our most recent performance in September 2023 featured Shostakovich’s 8th Symphony.
Our next performance will be on Saturday 21 September 2024 and will feature Shostakovich Symphonies Nos 1 and 12.
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Shostakovich’s symphonic works are an expensive undertaking for an amateur orchestra, so if you would like to come and hear us play, we would very much appreciate your support! At present, the orchestra is funded only from players’ contributions and ticket sales.
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