Shostakovich Symphony No. 11, "The Year 1905"
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
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The Movement That Just Begun Will Last 22 Minutes
The movement that just began will last 22 minutes. Shostakovich was famous for taking music that could easily be played incredibly violently and marking it Espressivo, making it more of a whale than a shout. The first wave of requests is met with no response so the protesters take up another song called Bear Your Heads.
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