Shostakovich Symphony No. 11, "The Year 1905"
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
Joshua Weilerstein
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2021
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
In 1956, Dmitri Shostakovich wrote: “I am now writing my 11th symphony, dedicated to the First Russian Revolution...I would like in this work to reflect the soul of the people who first paved the way to socialism.” Soviet loyalists were thrilled with the piece, but his friends were disappointed at this seemingly blatant act of propaganda. But quickly, a new and more subversive narrative emerged about this sprawling, cinematic, and elementally powerful symphony. Find out all about this masterpiece this week!
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| 1:00.8 | So I'm coming to you today from Norse Shopping Sweden, where I'm working with the Norse |
| 1:04.1 | Shopping Symphony, a wonderful orchestra. |
| 1:06.5 | We have a very classical era, except for one piece program, with Hayden Mozart, Chevalier |
| 1:11.8 | de Saint-George, and a bit of Ravel, it's on a kind of all-french-influenced program |
| 1:16.9 | with the two French composers, and then two pieces that Mozart and Hayden wrote for |
| 1:21.8 | Parisian audiences. |
| 1:22.8 | So that should be really fun. |
| 1:24.2 | Again, it's a really fantastic orchestra of in here a few times, and I've really loved |
| 1:27.8 | working with them. |
| 1:28.9 | I also had a great time last week with the NDR Hanover Orchestra in Germany. |
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