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| Composer | Watkins, Huw (b. 1976) |
| Period | Contemporary |
| Year | 2010 |
| Work type | Orchestral |
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Prom 42: Gardner conducts Shostakovich 5th Symphony
Shostakovich's 5th symphony is a work of great power, great variety and uncertain meaning. Written in 1937 when the composer was in fear for his life after Stalin's violent reaction to his opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, there is no way of knowing for sure the extent to which the music is infused by irony or pain. If there was irony, Stalin didn't spot it.