Shostakovich Symphony No. 11, "The Year 1905"
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
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The Convict by Schusterkovich
Schusterkovich sets the text with just two flutes, and timpani rumbles its warning underneath. The song is about an early morning execution, and while it was a revolutionary song sung in 1905, it was also sung in Stalin's gulags. Think for a moment though of how unachronistic this symphony was, in the context of other music being written in the late 1950s.
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