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| Composer | Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975) |
| Period | Early 20th century |
| Year | 1928 |
| Work type | Orchestral |
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Business as usual: Paavo Järvi gets the band back together in Pärnu
The Estonian Festival Orchestra reunites under its founder at the eleventh edition of the Pärnu Music Festival.
Electric Shostakovich and polished Stravinsky from Nelsons in Boston
Razor sharp precision from Nelsons and the BSO in Shostakovich and Stravinsky, with intensely expressive playing from Michael Zaretsky and Randall Hodgkinson in Eda Rapoport's Poem.
Dazzling mix of styles from Petrenko and RLPO
Petrenko and the RLPO produced a Rachmaninov symphony that ticked all the boxes, a scintillating world première from Emily Howard and a Shostakovich concerto with an impressive replacement soloist.