Gražinytė-Tyla Leads Shostakovich, Elgar & Britten

Julia Hagen, described as an 'exceptional musical talent' by Berlin’s Tagesspiegel, is the soloist in Elgar’s Cello Concerto, a work that memorializes the lost lives and a world forever changed by World War I. Shostakovich’s 14th Symphony conveys the plight of four suffering artists through the expressive power found in its superb text-setting and dramatic intensity. The Four Sea Interludes from Britten’s Peter Grimes depict roiling waves and emotional turmoil vividly.