Friday, April 13, 2012
Friday, April 6, 2012
Viola Sonata, Op. 147
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYytjsP5uJs&feature=relmfu
This was the last piece I had ever composed in my life; my Viola Sonata, Op. 147.
This was the last piece I had ever composed in my life; my Viola Sonata, Op. 147.
Older Dmitri
This is me as an older man. I am around sixty in this photo.http://www.google.com/imgres?start=21&num=10&um=1&hl=en&biw=1366&bih=667&tbm=isch&tbnid=CJrlpXJkF8CJmM:&imgrefurl=http://theomniscientmussel.com/2008/09/shostakovich-symphony-no-7-leningrad-notes/&docid=n4ryAsFTyUxklM&imgurl=http://theomniscientmussel.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dmitri-shostakovich.jpg&w=350&h=320&ei=KpB_T_yBLeHd0QGI6MGRCA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1090&vpy=144&dur=588&hovh=215&hovw=235&tx=134&ty=62&sig=109908362686704908132&page=2&tbnh=137&tbnw=141&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:21,i:17
First Symphony Movement 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anTFOY3yYjA
In the first movement of my First Symphony- I. Allegretto- Allegro non troppo- I based one section of it off of the music I had heard at the theater as a cinema pianist.
In the first movement of my First Symphony- I. Allegretto- Allegro non troppo- I based one section of it off of the music I had heard at the theater as a cinema pianist.
Symphony No. 7
The score to my Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60 dedicated to my homeland of Leningrad. I completed it on the 27 of December 1941. During that time, the symphony was extremely popular in both Russia and the West, as a showing of resistance to Nazi totalitarianism and militarism. Even today, it is seen as the major musical testament of the 25 million Soviet citizens who lost their lives in World War II, due to the German invasion.
Artifacts
http://home.comcast.net/~thomas.o.lee/autographs.html
If you scroll to approximately the middle, you will find an artifact of mine. I seem to have signed a postcard of some sort.
If you scroll to approximately the middle, you will find an artifact of mine. I seem to have signed a postcard of some sort.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Festive Overture, Op. 96
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gDZTah8J2A
My Festive Overture, Op. 96; being played at the Nobel Prize concert.
After Stalin had died, arts were able to be free as they were and not kept under a watchful eye, forcing artists to be as Stalin forced them to be. At about the time of my Tenth Symphony’s premiere (after Stalin's death), in December 1953, I was asked to compose a short orchestral piece to be performed in the following year’s 37th anniversary of the 1917 Revolution. The Festive Overture I wrote for the occasion was given its premiere at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater on November 6, 1954, and made it through its original purpose to take its place in the international repertory.
My Festive Overture, Op. 96; being played at the Nobel Prize concert.
After Stalin had died, arts were able to be free as they were and not kept under a watchful eye, forcing artists to be as Stalin forced them to be. At about the time of my Tenth Symphony’s premiere (after Stalin's death), in December 1953, I was asked to compose a short orchestral piece to be performed in the following year’s 37th anniversary of the 1917 Revolution. The Festive Overture I wrote for the occasion was given its premiere at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater on November 6, 1954, and made it through its original purpose to take its place in the international repertory.
My Debut
This is the Great Hall of the Leningrad Philharmonic, where I debuted as a composer, with my piece: First Symphony.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Second Waltz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX1fiE0U1qA
My Second Waltz, performed by Andre Rieu, a famous Dutch violinist/conductor. A fun upbeat waltz I composed, to get away from the intense serious music.
My Second Waltz, performed by Andre Rieu, a famous Dutch violinist/conductor. A fun upbeat waltz I composed, to get away from the intense serious music.
The Nose
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZPbREdWigw
A video of me, during a rehearsal of my opera, titled "The Nose", which I wrote based off of the book, "The Nose", by Nikolai Gogol. The opera is about a St. Petersburg officail, whose nose leaves his face and develops it's own life. A silly story when you think of it!
A video of me, during a rehearsal of my opera, titled "The Nose", which I wrote based off of the book, "The Nose", by Nikolai Gogol. The opera is about a St. Petersburg officail, whose nose leaves his face and develops it's own life. A silly story when you think of it!
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