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Here are a few that come to mind::

String Quartet No.2 Fourth Movement

String Quartet No.4 Allegretto

Violin Concerto No.2 Adagio

Preludes and Fugues No.87 in D Minor

Preludes and Fugues No.20 in C Minor

Piano Quintet Fugue - Adagio

Symphony No.10 Andante - Allegro

They are all 10:40 or a few seconds less :)

hello shostakovich fans!

i am currently in the process of transitioning from spotify to listening to music on cds! i am doing this by downloading the music i like and burning it to blank cds. as i only have 25 blank, 80 minute cds i am trying to fit the most amount of music as efficiently as possible while maintaining some sort of organization in the process.

that being said, i'm wondering what i should pair with shostakovich symphony no. 7.

my favorite recording is Neeme Jarvi with RSNO, but it's length is only 69:13. in order to be as efficient as possible, i need to find a piece by shostakovich that i like that is 10:47 at the very longest, but probably closer to 10:40. i would prefer it not be movements of a symphony but individual works. the type of work (vocal, piano, orchestra, etc.) does not matter as long as i like it!

does anybody have suggestions? the first piece that comes to mind is festive overture but that's all i could think of!

On my way to go watch the BBC Philharmonic Perform Bridge’s Enter Spring, Shostakovich’s Symphony No.3 (The First of May) and Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring.

(PS:: I spent too long making an outfit only to go for the same thing I wore last time I went to a concert minus the waistcoat)

I will report back how it was in a few hours.

what are 3 things u associate with me

singing along to the babi yar symphony like my mother does to taylor swift

Listening to Shostakovich is very fun because you'll get to the Silly Part, and then you read any biography of Shostakovich and you learn that the Silly Part was written during the single shittiest moment of his life up to that point and had like five different top-ranking government officials ready to assassinate him at any given moment

Achievement Unlocked 🔓 ::

Listen to Shostakovich while having a blood test.

So two things about me;

1. Im aroace

2. Im a music major

This leads to the discovering of music history facts that constantly astonish me. Like, robert schumann falling in love with clara when she was a minor, them engaging in a forbidden romance and communicating mainly through notes delivered by their mutual friend and him composing pieces for her to play on tour. Then there was brahms's infatuation with clara and his distancing from them cuz he didnt want to ruin their marriage. And then there was berlioz writing a symphony about a character (based on himself) being so obsessed with an opera singer that he basically went crazy and od'd on opium. The last two movements are literally representing hallucinations from this od and depicting the singer as an old hag driving him insane.

And then meanwhile, my favorite composer, dmitri shostakovich, wrote music while under pressure from the russian government and each of his pieces conveys the pure instability and rage he felt.

Glad to know my priorities are reflected in my tastes in music.

Baby Dmitri Shostakovich with his older sister, Maria.

Circa 1907, photo credit DSCH Shostakovich Journal.

I should’ve made this one my yearbook quote *sigh*

Pictured below is Dmitri Shostakovich giving a toast to a group of unidentified guests, circa 1940s.

One of Shostakovich’s favourite New Years toasts to give was a simple “To things not getting any better!” This was a sarcastic reference (and typical Shostakovich humour) to the hollow promises of Joseph Stalin that things were getting better and better, when in reality life in the Soviet Union was getting worse and worse.

sent this to a group chat despite knowing that no one would respond to it, before realizing that i could post it to tumblr so that no one also could respond to it as i am writing this the 2nd waltz is playing again. may i never be free?

Here is a rare glimpse of Dmitri Shostakovich without his glasses, circa 1940s.

on the floor. straight up "listening to it." and by "it" haha well lets just say. shawster cove itch

is it you or what you are perceived as

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Credits to @ofmd-ann who I copied this off

🥬Attention All 🥬

I got jealous of the cat and I remade it with me. And I bought marmalade for the occasion

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Credits to @ofmd-ann who I copied this off

I am no coward I did it

I am so very tempted to make my yearbook quote “He fell like a chicken into the soup”.

I just finished making a new animation, you’ll never guess who I’m talking about…

Tell me why this painting looks like this one image of Shostakovich

My orchestra is currently using a Shostakovich drawing as our mascot!😂🎼

(we are playing Shosty 9)