The symphonies of Shostakovich are powerful musical testaments to a creative life lived under the burden of an oppressive government. And a deep understanding of that comes through in this exceptionally powerful performance of the third and fourth movements. Conductor Yuri Temirkanov leads the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra in concert in Birmingham, England.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Grigoras Dinicu: "Hora Staccato"
The New York Philharmonic with conductor Leonard Bernstein
Richard Strauss: "Quick Waltz" from "Der Rosenkavalier" Suite
The New York Philharmonic with conductor Lorin Maazel
Leopold Godowsky: Studies on the Chopin Etudes, Op. 10, No. 5 and Op. 25, No. 9 ("Badinage")
Pianist Francesco Libetta
Miami International Piano Festival of Discovery, Miami Beach, Florida
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio in B-flat, KV 411
David Shifrin and Todd Levy, clarinets; and Mark Dubac, Kyle Knox and James Moffitt, basset horns
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Igor Stravinsky: "The Song of the Nightingale"
The New York Philharmonic with conductor Lorin Maazel
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
Maurice Ravel: "Le Tombeau de Couperin"
Carol Wincenc, flute; William Bennett, oboe; Carey Bell, clarinet; William VerMeulen, French horn; and Dennis Godburn, bassoon
Music@Menlo Festival, Palo Alto, California
Hour 2
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Introduction, theme and seven variations from "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini"
Pianist Dmitri Alexeev with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Yuri Temirkanov
Johann Sebastian Bach: Three Fugues from "The Well-Tempered Klavier" for String Quartet, K. 405
The Orion String Quartet
Music@Menlo Festival, Palo Alto, California
Anonymous: "A New Tune"
The Palladian Ensemble
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
Dmitri Shostakovich: Third and fourth movements from Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47
The St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Yuri Temirkanov
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, England
Ludwig van Beethoven: Rondino in E-flat for Wind Octet, WoO. 25
The Chicago Chamber Musicians
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston, Illinois
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