Shostakovich Symphony No. 7, "Leningrad"
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
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The Invasion Theme
This theme is come to be known as the invasion theme, depicting the invading German armies to the Soviet Union. But it doesn't really sound like a warlike theme at all. Only that insistent tapping of the snare drum presents any kind of feeling of threat. The theme itself is childlike and astonishingly light.
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