Dmitri Shostakovich filmed in 1975

[mshakhz]

Can anyone tell me who the singer is at the end?

[jerrygollay]

What string quartet no it is ?

[leonsinhvien]

The interviewer is his son, Maxim.

DS: It was in New York in 1949

MS: during Congress?

DS: yes, American Congress in defense of peace. Soviet delegation was invited, including me. Im afraid I dont quite remember the details, but this thing I

MS: Why did you decide to perform the Final from the 5th Symphony?

DS: Well, because it was a meeting of American peace supporters, and I erm... I must say, I dont know why, erm... I thought why dont I play a Scherzo from the 5th Symphony

[leonsinhvien]

MS: Oh! You played Scherzo.

DS: Yes, Scherzo, I played Scherzo from the 5th Symphony

MS: Yours?

DS: by Tchaikovsky.

MS: Tchaikovsky?!

DS: Oh, no, no! Mine, mine!

MS: I see.

[leonsinhvien]

DS: From my 5th symphony. Well it was very... it all took place in a large hall, there were quite a lot of listeners, consisting of American peace-fighters. They made speeches and our delegates as well. Fadeev, as I remember, spoke, so did USA representatives And then

MS: a concert?

[leonsinhvien]

DS: No, there wasnt any concert actually, it just came to someones mind, it wasnt me really, it came to someones mind that it would be nice if I, that is Shostakovich the composer, if I played something from my compositions. I thought a bit and performed a Scherzo from my 5th Symphony, from MY symphony!

[username14657]

Which pieces is this?

[propulchritudine]

I wish I spoke Russian!!!!!!!!!

[petitequinte]

Me too! I speak a tiny bit, but he talks too fast for me to pick up more than a word here and there.

[jslasher1]

@propulchritudine Not a difficult language to learn once one gets past the Cyrillic alphabet. Plenty of cases though. The endings can drive one mad on occasion. Russian is a sexy language. Atleechna!

[eckarteckart]

Op. 145a is only one of many remarkable master pieces by Shostakovich. Even, when I conducted this piece 2007 in Chabarovsk, I could not stop my tears running down the tuxedo during the performance. This is music of deepest emotion, a present of D. S. to all people of the world with human sensations.

[northerbrewer]

I don't know much about music but I know what I like.

I don't speak Russian but I understand a word here and there....

Here is a man that is still this late in life softy pushing ideas and drawing in others in shaping his music.

Wow just watching him is thought prevoking

[Will170392]

I know how you feel - shostakovich's music is deeply expressive - remarkably so for a twentieth century composer.

[3tristan]

Today I heard this work (suite on poems of Michelangelo, opus 145a, but for orchestra. The RPhO played under the conductor Maxim Shostakovich, son of the composer, who also did the worldpremiere in 1975, after the death of his father.

After the interlude tonight the RPhO (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) played the 10th symphony of Shostakovich. It was a very beautiful and remarkable concert!

[Rephrat]

thank you. i was one of the musicians on stage. a memorable performance,i agree,veru emotional.

[damoklok]

for those of us who aren't russian speakers, is there an english transcript of the interview?

[shavkatikk]

Unfortunately, no.

[rotkob]

Which quartet is this?

[shavkatikk]

Taneyev quartet

[JRR951]

@shavkatikk What symphony and movement is this?

[crazypianistik]

Ey, is this from a film or documentary? Oh and thanks for the amazing footage, ya prosto v stahl na kalleniye.

[a1s2d3f4g5q1w2e3]

Vyacheslav Sergeev - smotri video s dlinoi 5:52 - koncovku.

[woodyaan]

O my God! O my God! After all these sufferings he was ALWAYS so loyal to Russia...He is a virtue himself.. in all senses...