The Baltic Sea Philharmonic and Kristjan Järvi had been due to be performing Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7, the ‘Leningrad’ today, 8 May 2020, at Berlin's Konzerthaus, one of five simultaneous Music for Peace events across Europe marking VE Day, the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. But, with the cancellation of concerts, 108 musicians from Baltic Sea Philharmonic each made their own recording at home of a 20-minute excerpt from the symphony’s first movement, and all these were then brought together with Kristjan Järvi conducting, to create a video Music for Peace.
The Music for Peace video from the Baltic Sea Philharmonic and Kristjan Järvi will debut at 2pm, 8 May 2020 (Berlin time, 1pm UK time) on the orchestra's Facebook and YouTube pages.
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