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Classical
Music News for May/June 2014:
EDINBURGH CLASSICAL NEWS
SHOSTAKOVICH'S LENINGRAD SYMPHONY
In keeping with the 2014 Edinburgh International Festival's centenary commemoration
of the First World War, I, Culture Orchestra will perform Shostakovich's
LENINGRAD SYMPHONY on Sunday, August 17, 7.30 pm at Usher Hall.
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Photo: Sasha Gusov
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Shostakovich wrote his impassioned Leningrad Symphony during the grueling
900-day Nazi siege of the city, and its dramatic score for a large orchesta
has come to
symbolize the triumph of the human spirit in times of conflict.
Also on the program is Andrzej Panufnik's Sinfonia Elegaica, a poignant
expression of consolation for all victims of war. I, Culture was founded
in 2011 by Poland's Adam Mickiewicz Institute. It brings together exceptional
young musicians from the former Soviet and Eastern Bloc states of Poland,
Ukraine, Georgia, Belarus, Moldova, Armenia and Azerbajian, Its leader is
the Ukranian conductor, Kirill Karabits.
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