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The Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10, by Dmitri Shostakovich was written in 1924–1925, and first performed in Leningrad [1] by the Leningrad Philharmonic under Nicolai Malko on 12 May 1926. [2] Shostakovich wrote the work as his graduation piece at the Petrograd Conservatory , [ 1 ] completing it at the age of 19.
Shostakovich in 1942. Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, nicknamed the Leningrad Symphony, was begun in Leningrad, completed in the city of Samara (then known as Kuybyshev) in December 1941, and premiered in that city on March 5, 1942.
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich [a] [b] (25 September [O.S. 12 September] 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist [1] who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded as a major composer.
The concert during the Leningrad siege was commemorated in the 1997 film The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin [11] and featured in the documentary Leningrad and the Orchestra that defied Hitler, [12] broadcast on BBC Two on 2 January 2016. [13] Earlier radio broadcasts by the BBC on the same subject include Witness [14] and Newshour ...
Of the original 40-member Leningrad Radio Orchestra, only 14 or 15 still lived in the city; the others had either starved to death or left to fight the enemy. [16] [17] [18] Shostakovich's symphony required an expanded orchestra of 100 players, meaning the remaining personnel were grossly insufficient. [18]
The first American press report of the Symphony No. 7 emerged from the Romanul American on January 3, 1942, a Romanian-language newspaper, which stated that Shostakovich had recently composed a symphony "dedicated to the defenders of Leningrad"; [32] on January 24, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch mentioned it in an article about the siege. [33]
The music of Dmitri Shostakovich was closely associated with Mravinsky, beginning with conducting the world premiere of the composer's Fifth Symphony. The conductor would subsequently lead the world premieres of the Sixth , Eighth (which Shostakovich dedicated to Mravinsky), Ninth , Tenth , and Twelfth Symphonies , as well as the Song of the ...
Dedicated to Maxim Shostakovich. [168] 103 Symphony No. 11 in G minor "The Year 1905" Orchestra 1957 Along with the Russian revolutionary songs utilized in the symphony, Shostakovich also quoted an extract from Sviridov's operetta Sparks. [169] Three Choruses for the Fortieth Anniversary of the October Revolution: SATB chorus and piano 1957