Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op 93
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Performers: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek
Recording date: 23 July 2014
Date of broadcast: 24 July 2014
"Dmitri Shostakovich鈥檚 Symphony No. 10 premiered in Leningrad nine months after the death of Stalin, of whom the second movement is supposed to be a portrait. The symphony also contains, surfacing and resurfacing in cipher form as a four-note motif, the composer鈥檚 own name.
Four specific notes act as the composer's musical 'signature': D--Eb-C-B (in German spelling: D-SCH). Listen out for the repeated 'signature' in the finale and what it says about Stalin. It's 1953 and he shouts: '""Stalin is dead, and I - Dmitri Shostakovich - have survived!"" Shostakovich released three of his symphonies after Stalin's death and the world learned what a great composer he really was."
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Performers: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek
Recording date: 23 July 2014
Date of broadcast: 24 July 2014
