Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, nicknamed the Leningrad Symphony, was begun in Leningrad, completed in the city of Samara (then known as Kuybyshev) in December 1941, and premiered in that city on March 5, 1942.

At the time, the 35-year-old Shostakovich was head of the Leningrad Conservatoire’s piano department. He began work on his Seventh Symphony in the first hot days of July. “Neither savage raids, German planes, nor the grim atmosphere of the beleaguered city could hinder the flow,” he recalled.

Leningrad Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60, symphony by Dmitry Shostakovich, known as “Leningrad.” The work premiered informally on March 5, 1942, at Kuybyshev (now Samara), a provincial city alongside the Volga, where the composer and many of his colleagues were seeking refuge from World War II.

Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 “Leningrad” – composed in 1941 ∙ Performers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ao_fddYc5II. Allegretto ...

Jun 12, 2006 · Following a performance of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner,’ the NBC Symphony under Toscanini played the Leningrad Symphony. After it was over, the Russian War Relief official spoke once again of that country’s battle against the ‘Hitler hordes’ and offered more praise for this’symphony written within range of gunfire’ before the ...

Symphony No. 7 In C, Op. 60, "Leningrad": II. Moderato (Poco All. Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra Pablo González, director / conductor L'Auditori concert hall The symphony...

Nov 14, 2014 · La Séptima de Shostakovich es la pieza de música clásica más conocida de la 2GM, considerando que la mitad de ella fue compuesta durante el Asedio de Leningrado. Es una obra que no sólo...

Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 had its Leningrad première on 9 August 1942 during the Second World War, while the city was under siege by the Nazi German forces.

Jan 11, 2023 · Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich mobilized his artistic genius to inspire fellow citizens to defeat Hitler’s invasion. Soviet troops fire an artillery barrage in the embattled city of Leningrad circa 1941, where the civilian population was cruelly subjected to …

Few works in Shostakovich’s output demonstrate the composer’s double life better than his “Leningrad” Symphony. It is filled with equivocation, a prime example of Shostakovich walking the fine line between public expectations and his private feelings. The “Leningrad” is a wartime work.