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Earlier in the evening, Noseda referred to Shostakovich’s “Symphony No. 4” as “a monstrosity — one that I deeply love.” This ...
In their final performances of the season, BSO offers Shostakovitch’s response to tyranny and H+H delivers mischief and fun.
Anchored by the piano music of Shostakovich, Evgeny Kissin’s Cleveland recital also explores works of Bach and Chopin.
Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin performed a program of Kissin’s J.S. Bach, Chopin, and Shostakovich, plus encores, at Mandel ...
Historians disagree on how Shostakovich, the Soviet Union’s most famous composer, felt about the political system that alternately boosted and threatened his career. But the juxtaposition of the ...
The James Burton-prepared TFC sang with tonal warmth and good diction. They brought vigor to bear on their various “laudate” ...
Critic at large Ed Siegel finds that the conductor and the orchestra, with more than a little help from friends like Yuja ...
One of the composer’s most perplexing creations, performed with works by Stravinsky and Vrebalov, is rendered with uncommon depth and power.
Mussorgsky’s “Khovanshchina” has been added onto by Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky and Shostakovich. Now, another composer gets to have his say. By Jeffrey Arlo Brown Reporting from Salzburg ...
Nothing lasts forever, as Taylor Swift reminds us, be they relationships, careers, or music festivals. So it happened that the clock ran out Saturday on both the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s “Decoding ...
In reality, as was later revealed, the composer had been politely pressed by the orchestra’s director to pull the work. Shostakovich spent years after its disappearance downplaying and ...