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Shostakovich Symphony #13: "Babi Yar"

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

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Galileo and the Fool

This is a movement about courage and the lack thereof. But sarcasm and irony is never far away in this symphony. The priest kept on saying that Galileo was dangerous and foolish, but his time has shown the fool was much wiser. A certain scientist, Galileo's contemporary, was no more stupid than Galileo. This is where Shostakovich adds more layers than perhaps he have to shanko even with his poetry.

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