Posted on 09/25/2006 9:05:39 AM PDT by EveningStar
Monday, 25th September will mark the exact centenary of the birth of Dmitri Shostakovich, who has latterly become one of the most influential and most performed composers of his generation - second only, perhaps, to Stravinsky.
Anniversaries make life easy for concert promoters and record labels, their itineraries handed to them on a plate.
Inevitably this year the focus has tended to fall on two of the great bodies of work of the twentieth century - Shostakovich's symphonies and string quartets, fifteen of each...
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Dear EveningStar,
Thanks for the ping!
Okay, another Shostakovich Birthday Classical Music Ping List ping!
If folks think this should be the last Shosty Birthday ping for our list, let me know. This is the third or fourth in the last few days - don't want to burn folks out.
If I don't get more than a couple of notes indicating that this should be the last one, I'll keep pingin' 'em!
If you want on or off this list, let me know via FR e-mail.
Thanks,
sitetest
Really enjoyed the post. I love Shostakovich!
But I thought that the EU has come out against underweight models? Does Dmitri need a high carb diet?
I don't want to burn anyone out either, sitetest. Either people like Shosty (and I do) or they don't. I guess we can't shove him down people's throats. :)
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Thanks for the ping. I am going out in about two hours to enjoy the Shostakovich program of the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra.
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