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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.
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 ...
YouTube Music is a music streaming service developed by the American video platform YouTube, a subsidiary of Alphabet's Google. The service is designed with an interface that allows users to simultaneously explore music audios and music videos from YouTube-based genres, playlists and recommendations.
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.
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.
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Mravinsky (Russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Мрави́нский) (4 June [O.S. 22 May] 1903 – 19 January 1988) was a Soviet and Russian conductor, pianist, and music pedagogue; he was a professor at Leningrad State Conservatory.
Jansons was long associated with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BRSO; 2003–2019) and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO; 2004–2015) as music director. Born in Riga , Latvia, Jansons moved to Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg ) in 1956, where he studied conducting, and he received further training in Austria.