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The Symphony quotes Shostakovich's song Vozrozhdenije (Op. 46 No. 1, composed in 1936–37), most notably in the last movement; the song is a setting of a poem by Alexander Pushkin (find text and a translation here) that deals with the matter of rebirth.
Dedicated to Vishnevskaya. Shostakovich transposed the last song, "The Field Marshal", down to B ♭ minor in order to accommodate male singers with low registers. [181] 114 Katerina Izamailova, opera in four acts based on the novella Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District by Leskov Voices, SATB chorus, brass band, and orchestra 1956–1963
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DSCH is a musical motif used by the composer Dmitri Shostakovich to represent himself. It is a musical cryptogram in the manner of the BACH motif, consisting of the notes D, E-flat, C, B natural, or in German musical notation D, Es, C, H (pronounced as "De-Es-Ce-Ha"), thus standing for the composer's initials in German transliteration: D. Sch. (Dmitri Schostakowitsch).
All-Star Orchestra is an orchestral music project created by Gerard Schwarz, former music director and conductor laureate of Seattle Symphony. It is a television and DVD project, filmed by 18 high definition video cameras without an audience for PBS , the Khan Academy , educators, students, "and enthusiasts."
The Song of the Forests (Песнь о лесах), Op. 81, is an oratorio by Dmitri Shostakovich composed in the summer of 1949. It was written to celebrate the forestation of the Russian steppes ( Great Plan for the Transformation of Nature ) following the end of World War II .
Symphony No. 5 (Tchaikovsky) in E minor (Op. 64) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1888; Symphony No. 5 (Ustvolskaya) (Amen) by Galina Ustvolskaya, 1989–90; Symphony No. 5 (Vaughan Williams) in D major by Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1938–43; Symphony No. 5 (Vieru) by Anatol Vieru, 1984–85; Symphony No. 5 (Villa-Lobos) (W170, Peace) by Heitor Villa ...
One minute before the end of the 1st movement of Shostakovich's 5th symphony, the solo violin plays a slow tune. This sounds like the tune in the two violins in Bartok's 1st quartet, 90 seconds before the end of the 2nd movement, immediately after the cello pizzicatos.