MGSO 2 - Dvořák & Shostakovich
Sat, Oct 31
|Pollack Hall
A concert of profound emotion and historical depth. The evening opens with Dvořák's celebrated Cello Concerto, one of the greatest works ever written for the instrument, performed by Amos Friesen, winner of the McGill Concerto Competition.
Time & Location
Oct 31, 2026, 7:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.
Pollack Hall, 555 Rue Sherbrooke O, Montréal, QC H3A 1E3, Canada
About the event
A concert of profound emotion and historical depth.
The evening opens with Dvořák's celebrated Cello Concerto, one of the greatest works ever written for the instrument, performed by Amos Friesen, winner of the McGill Concerto Competition.
The program concludes with Shostakovich's monumental Symphony No. 11 "The Year of 1905", an extraordinary musical depiction of one of Russia's defining historical moments.
Programme
Antonín Dvořák – Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
Soloist: Amos Friesen