These performances of Jean Sibelius’s intense, brooding Violin Concerto bear an authentic Nordic pedigree. Jukka-Pekka Saraste, former TSO Music Director, hails from Finland, and violinist Henning Kraggerud is Norwegian. You’ll also hear Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 4, whose première was delayed for 25 years because the Soviet authorities of the 1930s would have condemned its harrowing passions and biting edge.

On Oct. 14 at 7:15pm, join Rick Phillips for a relaxed and enlightening discussion about the performance, with a Pre-Concert Chat in the lobby.