Shostakovich
Cinematic Shostakovich and 'optimistic, absolutely stunning' music by Mozart come to Grand Rapids Symphony stage
by (GRSymphony)
Submitted 01-09-2020 under NONPROFITS
Dmitri Shostakovich was one of the most subversive composers in the history of music who lived to tell the tale. Under orders from the communist regime to produce a piece commemorating a peasant uprising against Tsar Nicholas II of Russia,...