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University of Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Echoes of History
Saturday, December 2, 2017, 8:00pm
Mandel Hall, 1131 E 57th St
Admission: Free; Donations requested: $10 general, $5 students/children

Three powerful and poignant musical reflections on historical turning points of the last 100 years: Eric Ewazen’s A Hymn for the Lost and the Living, written after 9/11; Krzysztof Penderecki’s Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima; and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 12 in D minor, “The Year of 1917”. The Penderecki work is presented as part of the Nuclear Reactions, the University's 75 year commemoration of the Chicago Pile-1 experiment; the Shostakovich is offered in conjunction with the Smart Museum of Art’s autumn quarter RED Exhibit (“Revolution Every Day”), marking the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. See music.uchicago.edu for other musical presentations on December 1 and 2 related to the CP-1 and RED commemorations.
Presented by the Performance Programs in Music. Conducted by Barbara Schubert.