Word: shostakoviches
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...closest thing to a classical Top 40 hit was Beethoven's Leonore No. 3 Overture, which is popular but too short to build a concert around. It was followed by the distinctly sub-average Triple Concerto of Beethoven, and the interesting but comparatively obscure Symphony No. 1 of Shostakovich. In a word, this concert was not going to make any converts to Classical Music...
...Double," for large orchestra and chamber orchestra. Here was a symphony embodying many of the most favored textures and planar forms in this decade's classical music. When one considers that Dutilleux, who walked onstage to accept an ovation after the performance, was once a contemporary of Shostakovich, the character of his work becomes all the more remarkable...
...have been exposed to a number of previously unknown composers whose reputations were obscured by the rigid Soviet system, among them Edison Denisov, Sofia Gubaidulina and Alfred Shnitke. Now comes a man who may well be the most important composer to emerge from the old Soviet Union since Dmitri Shostakovich: Giya Kancheli, 59, whose dolorous yet spiritually radiant music gives eloquent voice to the ongoing tragedy of his native Georgia...
Boston Symphony Orchestra. Symphony Hall, 301 Mass Ave., Boston. 266-1492. Symphony Open House on Sat., March 18 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Performs Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7, "Leningrad" on Thurs., March 16 at 8 p.m.; Fri., March 17 at 1:30 p.m. and Sat., March...
Dunster House Music Society. Cellist Julia Tom and pianist Simon Tom perform works by J.S. Bach, Dvorak, Shostakovich and Ginastera. Dunster House Library, 5:30 p.m. Free...