Shostakovich Bio
After having read several brief biographies of Shostakovich, write in your journals a few questions you have. What sparked your interest? About what would you like to know more?
Symphony No. 5, Bernstein, NYP
Symphony No. 5, Mravinsky, Leningrad Philharmonic
Here are two links to performances Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47: IV. Allegro non troppo. Please consider the following, and write a response in your journals. After having sightread the piece in class today and hearing these recordings, what are your initial reactions? What do you hear? What caught your attention? Now that you know a little bit about Shostakovich's life, what do you think this piece might be about? Notice that these are recordings of a symphony orchestras. How do these differ from the band transcription? Did you notice anything different about the tempos at the end of the two recordings?
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