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Summary: Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO June 5 - 8. Whether a well-calculated concession to Stalin's cultural watchdogs or a magnificent act of subversion and defiance, there is no mistaking the power of Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony, from its vigorously vaulting opening theme through to its heart-felt slow movement.