Hilary Hahn and Beethoven

Season Finale: Soloist Hilary Hahn joins conductor Alain Altinoglu and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra to perform one of her staple pieces: Beethoven’s violin concerto. Paired with the concerto is the eight symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich, a work which the composer described as “an attempt to reflect the terrible tragedy of war.” Some have also called it a requiem to the losses of life under the Nazis, and later, Joseph Stalin.