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The family dacha in Vorzel, near Kyiv, where Borys Lyatoshynsky wrote his second symphony [3]. Lyatoshynsky's Second Symphony in B minor (op. 26) was commissioned in 1933 by the Kharkiv Organizing Bureau of the Union of Soviet Composers, to be premiered in Moscow along with a number of other works by Ukrainian composers.
symphony: 2 Symphony No. 1, A major: 1 Allegro; 2 Allegro scherzando e leggiero; 3 Lento ma non troppo; 4 Allegro energico. 1918–1919; Premiered in June 1926 (conducted by Reinhold Glière, Lyatoshynsky's teacher); second edition 1967 [7] [8] [9] orchestral 3 Fantastic March (Фантастичний марш, Fantastychnyi marsh) 1920;
The first performance of the revised version of the symphony took place in Leningrad in 1955, performed by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yevgeny Mravinsky. [3] The choice of venue was deliberate—as after the symphony had been "approved" in the Russian SSR , the composer could no longer be persecuted for this work in Kyiv.
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.
Brahms: German Requiem (rec. 1960), Symphony No.3 (rec. 1948), Symphony No. 4 (live concert recording, May 9, 1960), Double Concerto (rec. 1951, with David Oistrakh and Sviatoslav Knushevitsky) Mahler: Symphony No. 4 with soprano Natalya Rozhdestvenskaya USSR State Symphony Orchestra. Rec. Oct 19, 1954; Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 Leningrad ...
The Leningrad Radio Orchestra under Karl Eliasberg was the only remaining symphonic ensemble. The orchestra had survived—barely—but it had not been playing and musical broadcasts had ceased. Music was not considered a priority by Party officials. Political appeals took a significant part of the broadcast time.
The Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major (subtitled First of May), Op. 20 by Dmitri Shostakovich was first performed by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra and Academy Capella Choir under Aleksandr Gauk on 21 January 1930 (the anniversary of Lenin's death).
[2] Shostakovich wanted the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra to première the symphony, but that group had been evacuated to Novosibirsk as part of the government-led cultural exodus. [3] The world première was instead held in Kuybyshev on 5 March 1942, performed by the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra under conductor Samuil Samosud. [3]