Much of Shostakovich’s extraordinary output was profoundly marked by politics and the judgements of censors. His monumental Fifth Symphony, one of the greatest and most powerful of twentieth-century orchestral works was, supposedly, ‘A Soviet artist’s response to just criticism’. It is now known that this popular symphony was composed as a work of defiance so subtle that no-one realised at the time.

Alexander Arutunian

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10 - 13 Apr, 2025

Shostakovich’s Symphony No.5 · The Hallé

Apr 15, 2024

Cristina Luis – Trumpet Recital · University of Arizona School of Music

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