Here & Now classical music opinionator Fran Hoepfner joins host Callum Borchers to discuss 20th-century Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich's jazzy "Suite for Variety Orchestra." Hoepfner says "it's ...
Jazz Suite No. 1 Dmitry Yablonsky, Conductor Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Russian State Symphony Orchestra Jazz Suite No. 2 Russian State Symphony Orchestra Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Dmitry ...
American jazz traveled to Europe and the Soviet Union, where Shostakovich created his own version. We'll enjoy the Jazz Suite No. 1 during our music today. Tune in at 9 a.m. on 91.1 and 107.5 FM and ...
Dmitri Shostakovich's most famous work, the Fifth Symphony, reflects his tenuous position as a creative artist in a repressive state. But the composer's overall contributions were stunningly diverse.
World Socialist Web Site: Dmitri Shostakovich, at the age of 18, composed his First Symphony 100 years ago
It was 100 years ago that Dmitri Shostakovich, as a young music student at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, completed his First Symphony. He finished the work in April 1925, and did not turn 19 years ...
Dmitri Shostakovich, at the age of 18, composed his First Symphony 100 years ago
World Socialist Web Site: Dmitri Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony (1937) in concert in New York City
Major orchestras in the US and around the world need little excuse to program the symphonic music of Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). This year, however, which marks the 50th ...
For a composer who saw his popularity fluctuate more wildly than the Dow Jones averages while he was alive, Dmitri Shostakovich would have been astounded to find himself in the middle of a major ...