Shostakovich
Robert BURCH: Essay to the Memory of Dmitri Shostakovich
Andrew Joyce (cello), Richard Mapp (piano). Recorded by RNZ Concert, 24 October 2014. Video, Audio
Giltburg - Shostakovich arr. Giltburg String Quartet No.8
Boris Giltburg introduces and performs his own arrangement of Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No.8 in C minor at the Wallace International Piano Festival 2016 at the University of Auckland Music… Audio
SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No 2 in F
Recorded 5 September 2015 at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Video, Audio
Virtuoso pianist Stephen Hough joins guest conductor Gustavo Gimeno to showcase Brahms at NZSO concert
He's been labelled Britain's greatest living pianist - and now Stephen Hough will join forces with the NZSO and fast-rising conducting star Gustavo Gimeno to present the mighty Johannes Brahms Piano… Audio
Shostakovich - the Strains of Cinema
Michael Vinten looks at Shostakovich's film-scores. Audio
Leningrad: Siege and Symphony - Brian Moynahan
It became an anthem of survival in a city under siege: Dmitri Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony. One year into the brutal siege of Leningrad, that would leave more than a million Russians dead, a ragged… Audio
Curtain Raiser: Shostakovich - Symphony No 12, The Year 1917
Progress on this symphony was halted when Shostakovich broke his left leg at his son Maxim’s wedding. He spent the rest of 1960 in hospital, returning to work intensively on the symphony in 1961. It's… Audio
Curtain Raiser: Shostakovich - Symphony No 7, Leningrad
This Symphony was famously given its Leningrad première in August 1942 by starving, yet defiant players, assembled under the banner of the Leningrad Radio Orchestra, during the Siege of Leningrad… Audio
Curtain Raiser: Shostakovich - Symphony No 10
Life for an artist working in Soviet Russia was not easy. The continual fear of the censors and of the secret police coming to carry you off was very much a part of Shostakovich’s life. Introduced by… Audio
