Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gemma New.
This short, buoyant overture makes an irresistible curtain-raiser. Shostakovich composed it in 1954 for a concert at the Bolshoi Theatre celebrating the thirty-seventh anniversary of the October Revolution.
Recorded 9 September 2022, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert
Producer: David McCaw
Sound Engineer: Darryl Stack