They chose to do a concert featuring solely Soviet Era works: Ustvolskaya’s “Symphonic Poem No. 2,” as well as two works by Shostakovich, including excerpts from his “Suite on Verses of ...

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church launched its spring “Shout for Joy” concert series on Sunday, March 9, with a viola recital of ...

He tells the extraordinary story of Shostakovich's 7th Symphony ... to early notation and how music was first written down. Harmony, intervals, triads and cadences. videoHarmony, intervals ...

Shostakovich is born in St Petersburg on September 25 to Dmitrij Boleslavovich Shostakovich (1875-1922), a government inspector of weights and measures, and his wife Sofja Vasilevna (1878-1955 ...

Following his death, the government of the USSR issued the following summary of Shostakovich’s work, drawing attention to a ‘remarkable example of fidelity to the traditions of musical classicism, and ...