The Three Themes of Shostakovich

Shostakovich sets these themes at war against each other with some of the most grief-stricken and violent classical music you'll ever hear. It makes your skin crawl that lonely flute against pluck strings. And now we have Shostakovich's three themes, the six dark gloomy notes of the cellos and bases, the lonely clarinet and the awkward and scared flute. What occurs can only be described as cataclysmic. He brilliantly constructs this music technically to make you feel that same sadness.