The concert at Carnegie Hall features two contrasting - VERY MUCH SO - pieces. One is the "Clock" symphony (No. 101!) from Haydn. In contrast, the other is the "NOT CLOCK" symphony No. 4 from Shostakovich. Read on!
Shostakovich composed his Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, Opus 43, in the mid 1930's.
Halfway through its composition, he was denounced in the infamous Pravda editorial 'Chaos Instead of Music,' written under direct orders from Joseph Stalin. This from wikipedia.
Despite the oppressive political climate, Shostakovich continued to plan for the symphony's premiere but changed his mind during rehearsals and withheld the work.
It was finally premiered on December 30, 1961 by the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra led by Kyril Kondrashin. I did not attend but I bet it was interesno.
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