Paavo Järvi Conducts Shostakovich’s Tenth

When words fail, music speaks: the London Philharmonic Orchestra performs Shostakovich’s defiant masterwork, alongside Benjamin Grosvenor in Beethoven’s Emperor . In the last days of Stalin’s Russia, composers knew better than to voice their fears out loud. But a classical symphony can’t be subversive – can it? Shostakovich’s Tenth is a gripping musical protest against oppression, hiding in plain sight, and in the hands of a conductor like Paavo Järvi, the LPO’s Chief Conductor & Artistic Advisor Designate, every note hits home.