Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 - Finale

[hcb196]

@FAFALCON86 I saw a show that had this in it at JMU last October. LOVED IT! haha, I wish I could have played it!

[FAFALCON86]

i have to play this while marching ... here we go.......

[xerxes876]

@FAFALCON86 Dont worry mate your not alone.

[FAFALCON86]

@xerxes876 ok thats nice to know u a little boy or a girl?

[xerxes876]

@FAFALCON86 Why?

[celleska17]

Surprinsă.

[acemasterke]

"The American Book of the Dead" brought me here. Lol

[khristo93]

I'm in Wind Ensemble at my high school and we're playing this piece. (: It's an amazing piece.

[musicmajor1993]

Unbelievable brass power. This is such a great piece.

[AhsTrombones]

Playing this tmrw for Texas UIL Region Orchestra :D

[1nzstar1]

Pretty epic brass in general. The trumpets are very good.

[kickinphillysugar]

Third movement of our marching show this year!! OH YEAH.

[truebugleboy]

me too!

[theridesover]

mighty trombone section! awesome!

[ERICGOBYEA]

Lord all mighty, listen to that trombone sound.

[totalanimefanatic]

Our band played this as the Dixie Classic in Chicago last month, and we won~...epic. (:

[Smarttyy]

I love this piece! and we're playing this in all-state! i'm so excited!!!

[xAznessx]

Which state? Because in the All State Orchestra in Texas is playing this....

[mykeeviolin]

I know MD All-State is doing the last movement.

[xAznessx]

Only the last? LOL Thats what we're playing in Orchestra right now...in HS...our All State plays the whole friggin thing xD

[mykeeviolin]

haha.  I think mostly it's a time issue. What state you live in?

[xAznessx]

Texasssss :)

All State just passed this weekend

[mykeeviolin]

cool! ours in MD is Feb 28th

[orchdork775]

I love looking for Shostakovitch's 5th on youtube and finding comments from texas all state on all of them :))

i was a bass player, it was so beast

[MCRxXDxIxLUVxU]

I'm so happy I'm playing this in orchestra! =]

[beethomozart]

with an apparent triumphal air this last movement is supposed to have been a salute to the stalisnistic regime where Shostakovich lived, but anyway he was accused of a formalist, perhaps the significance of this movement and of the whole symphony for that matter was to recreate the defeat of the individual against totalitarism, one will never know, it's still a great work

[yipyip14]

I love it

[PhilipLu3]

amazing, though its the only piece from Shostakovich that I've heard is amazing...

[HunterPilot24]

have you heard The Fire of Eternal Glory? It is an incredibly famous song he wrote that is played constantly at the Stalingrad memorial in Russia from WW2. It is a slower piece, but it is played very often by professional symphonies and the Phantom Regiment had it in their show once. I love it.

[achillesian]

@PhilipLu3 festive overture is pretty amazing

[PhilipLu3]

@achillesian yes, over the past two years i've come to appreciate more and more of shostakovich, but it takes a while to appreciate his music. I would say that this is one of the more palatable shostakovich pieces for someone who has never heard his music.

[abrambulika]

foarte buna prestatia, bravo Chisinau!