In 1942, the Russian city of Leningrad (St. Petersburg) was under siege by the German army. Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 was defiantly broadcast on loudspeakers to show the German troops that the Russian people would not be silenced. On today's show, hear the final movement of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad", from a concert by the Minnesota Orchestra.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Alberto Ginastera: Ollantay, Op. 17: Movement 1 Paisaje de Ollantaytambo
BBC Philarmonic Orchestra; Juanjo Mena, conductor
Ginastera Orchestral Works: Vol. 1
Chandos 10884
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, Leningrad: Mvt 4
Kirill Gerstein, piano; Minnesota Orchestra; Juanjo Mena, conductor
Minnesota Orchestra, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Antonio Vivaldi: Summer, from Four Seasons
Livia Sohn, violin; Geoff Nuttall and Owen Dalby, violin; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; Nina Lee, cello; Doug Balliett, double bass; Pedja Muzijevic, harpsichord
Chamber Music Series at Spoleto Festival USA, South Carolina Public Radio, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Natalie Dietterich: Chainlink Fences
Addy Sterrett, soprano; 2017 Norfolk Festival Chorus and Orchestra; Simon Carrington, conductor
Yale Institute of Sacred Music, The Barn, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Norfolk, CT
Hour 2
Frederic Chopin: Prelude No. 25 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45
Nikolai Lugansky, piano
Chopin: Sonata No. 3 Lugansky
Onyx 4049
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending, Romance for Violin and Orchestra
Maureen Nelson, violin; The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
SPCO Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul, MN
Radiohead, arr. Sybarite5: Weird Fishes
Sybarite5
Chamber Music Society of Saint Cloud, St. Cloud at Atonement Lutheran Church, St. Cloud, MN
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Nikolai Lugansky, piano; Aspen Festival Orchestra; James Gaffigan, conductor
Aspen Music Festival and School, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO
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