Alžběta Poláčková & Orbis trio

Shostakovich's music is often pensive, but it is also imbued with great wisdom and hope for a better future. The suite for soprano, violin, cello and piano, entitled Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok, appeared in public in 1967 and is one of the highlights of Shostakovich's vocal output. Although the cycle is constructed as a single unit, each of the songs has a distinctive timbre and its own strong musical and literary statement. They also differ in terms of instrumentation. All four performers come together on stage for the first time during the last song, aptly titled Music.