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The orchestra and Mravinsky made a number of studio recordings, [1] and various archival live recordings have since subsequently been commercially released. [2] [3] Under Mravinsky's direction, the orchestra premiered seven of Shostakovich's symphonies. In 1991, the orchestra was renamed the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra.
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 ...
The symphony is a short (about 20 minutes) experimental work in one movement; within this movement are four sections, the last of which includes a chorus.In a marked departure from his First Symphony, Shostakovich composed his Second in a gestural, geometric "music without emotional structure" manner, with the intent of reflecting speech patterns and physical movements in a neo-realistic style.
Also there is another one building of Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Society: Malii Zal (Small Hall). The location of the Small Hall is in the city centre. The society now hosts two symphony orchestras: Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and Saint Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra. The venue is named after Dmitri Shostakovich. [1]
Incidentally, earlier on, Michael Caine as Harry Palmer attends the end of a concert of what is claimed to be the Leningrad Symphony, whereas in fact the finale from Shostakovich's Eleventh Symphony is heard. American rock band Fall Out Boy also used elements of Symphony No. 7 in their song "The Phoenix" from their 2013 album Save Rock and Roll.
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He then left for the Soviet Union in 1936, where he worked with the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 1939, he became conductor of the Kharkiv Philharmonic Orchestra. [2] During the siege of Leningrad, he worked in Novosibirsk. [3] From 1942 to 1960, he was joint principal conductor with Yevgeny Mravinsky of the Leningrad Philharmonic.