After all, since the publication of Solomon Volkov's purported
Shostakovich memoir, Testimony, there's been a contentious split in the reception of
Shostakovich's music.
Curiously, there appears to be only one minor reference to the State of Israel in any writings or conversations associated with
Shostakovich. In Testimony, he refers to an incident when he was in a queue waiting to be served.
BBC Proms: Rachmaninov and
Shostakovich, BBC Four, 8pm Tonight at the London Palladium ITV3, 9pm Bradley Walsh welcomes Simply Red, Caravan Palace, Pixie Lott, and the cast of the musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to the world-famous stage.
Hosted in Technopolis 20's venue, Horlea on the violin and Tomasevich on the piano will play two of the greatest pieces by
Shostakovich and Prokofiev.
"Exploring
Shostakovich" also offers talks by speakers with an expert knowledge of the composer, many of them as a result of personal acquaintance with him (the closest I ever got was in a conversation with the Russian conductor Alexander Anissimov, who said of
Shostakovich "he smoked, he liked football, he liked women..." Just one of the lads, then!).
The first half of the concert will be a rendition of Beethoven's Concerto in D major, followed by
Shostakovich's No.
Both chapters 2 and 7 consider Britten's friendship with
Shostakovich. Pyke divides his discussion into two halves demarcated by Britten's first trip to Russia; chapter 2 covers 1934-1963, and chapter 7 covers 1963-1976.
The first 130 pages are a brief but brilliantly informative biography of the composer
Shostakovich whose home was in Leningrad.
Photographs from the summer of 1943 show Dmitri
Shostakovich absorbed in a new work: his Eighth Symphony.
CLEVELAND Chamber Orchestra will be performing the music of Beethoven,
Shostakovich and Brahms.