Dmitri Shostakovich in Russia - 1952
from Dmitry Shostakovich-About Himself and His Times, page 142:
In the Columned Hall of the Trade Union House recently, the Radio Orchestra conducted by Samuil Samosud gave the first performance of Prokofiev’s Seventh Symphony. Unfortunately I did not manage to attend any of the rehearsals or study the score of the work before its public performance. Consequently I shall not try to make a serious analysis of the work here, but merely give a few impressions of its first performance. / The… more >>
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Dmitri Shostakovich, and L. Grigoryev and Ya. Platek (ed.), Dmitry Shostakovich-About Himself and His Times (Moscow, 1981), p. 142. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1451772287671 accessed: 9 November, 2024
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Prokofiev’s Seventh Symphony
written by Sergei Prokofiev |
performed by Radio Orchestra, Samuil Samosud |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1952 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
Excerpt from 'Sovetskoye Iskusstvo', 12 Nov., 1952.
Originally submitted by verafonte on Sat, 02 Jan 2016 22:04:48 +0000
Approved on Sat, 23 Apr 2016 22:00:47 +0100