Episode 24: Dmitri Shostakovich
Explore the Symphony
English - January 07, 2013 19:52 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsPerforming Arts Arts classical music education symphony orchestra national nac-cna cna-nac nac orchestra naco Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Marjolaine Fournier and Jean-Jacques Van Vlasselaer discuss Dmitri Shostakovich's life, from growing up in Saint Petersburg to political manoeuvrings in Stalin's Russia. Marjolaine and Jean-Jacques focus on his first symphony, which he wrote at the age of nineteen as a graduation piece for the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in 1926.