Stéphane Conducts Shostakovich

Stéphane Denève, conductor
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, violin

JAMES LEE III Emotive Transformations 
JEAN SIBELIUS Violin Concerto
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5

Stéphane Denève believes in the healing power of music. James Lee III processes the grief of his father’s death in Emotive Transformations. Dmitri Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony responds to stinging criticism with defiance and renewal. Jean Sibelius’s Violin Concerto, with soloist Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, is an intimate conversation between close musical friends.