Shostakovich Symphony no.11 mov.4

Shostakovich Symphony no.11 mov.4

The Tocsin Finale

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Music

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• shostakovich
• 11
• tocsin
• finale
• dmitri

[AJMWriter]

I absolutely love how "into it" the conductor is...I mean, check out that jump at 2:50--how cool is that?? =) And the chimes player is like, "Yeah baby!" This is what music is all about...passion and emotion. Oustanding!!

[orchdork607]

Whoaaa. Epic toothpick conducting!

Haha I actually liked the conductor though. Cool stuff!

[gregapage]

@athenaionian I think you mean "commend" dumbass

[athenaionian]

This is so ominous it changes the defintion to a higher scarier level...I comment thee Shostakovich

[grandepittore]

the assholes who have to get the first applause in...have no respect for the music

[CJBrewification]

... If using a short baton is good, surely using a stupidly short baton is even better...

[kallstrommer]

Hey, Jack Nicholson really conducted the hell out of that! Great piece.

[Unterrath68]

It is a turbulent finale, after all. Very urgently done. But I agree that fingering that toothpick is like been boycotting somehow what he is actually doing. Veeery anticlimactic. For a very menacing finale, incredibly played and interpreted, please have a look at an account of the South Korean Orchestra live in Osaka,2007. It is unvelievable! check it up under SuperTheseus

[Denomoses]

@KrillLiberator fair enough

[KrillLiberator]

@Denomoses Yes, totally fair comment. I'll go with that.

Poor description on my part; perhaps what I meant to say was that I've always felt the 5th to be a rather begrudging "sorry for that wrong you said I perpetrated" delivered through gritted teeth. Hence I took my interpretation a step further, referring to the way that sometimes when we deliver a false apology we are using it as an alternative for throwing stuff around and shouting at the antagonist.

[Denomoses]

@KrillLiberator Not trying to be offensive but if you read up on Shostakovich you'll see that his 5th was written, in 1937, to conform to the authorities so as to regain his popularity after he had been denounced in 1936. His 10th symphony, written directly after the death of Stalin, is the F*** you to Stalin you would be describing.