Dmitri Shostakovich in Moscow - 5 October, 1969

from Story of a Friendship. The letters of Dmitry Shostakovich to Isaak Glikman with a commentary by Isaak Glikman, page 168:

Yesterday I went to the opening of the concert season, where I heard Prokofiev’s 'Zdravitsa' and his Classical Symphony. The second half of the concert was Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Unfortunately the whole programme (conducted by Yevgeny Svetlanov) was rather indifferently done, and afforded me little pleasure.
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Dmitri Shostakovich / Isaac Glikman, Story of a Friendship. The letters of Dmitry Shostakovich to Isaak Glikman with a commentary by Isaak Glikman (Queen Square, London, 2001), p. 168. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1431457604368 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: Moscow

Listeners

Dmitri Shostakovich
Composer, Pianist
1906-1975

Listening to

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9th Symphony
written by Beethoven, Beethoven
performed by Yevgeny Svetlanov
Prokofiev’s Zdravitsa
written by Sergei Prokofiev
performed by Yevgeny Svetlanov
Prokofiev's Classical Symphony
written by Sergei Prokofiev
performed by Yevgeny Svetlanov

Experience Information

Date/Time 5 October, 1969
Medium live
Listening Environment indoors, in public

Originally submitted by verafonte on Tue, 12 May 2015 20:06:44 +0100
Approved on Mon, 16 Nov 2015 16:28:45 +0000