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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): Young Dmitri...and Friends

Composer of the Week: Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): Young Dmitri...and Friends: Episode 2: Vladimir Deshevov

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Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): Young Dmitri...and Friends

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Episode 2: Vladimir Deshevov

Vladimir Deshevov

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): Young Dmitri...and Friends, Vladimir Deshevov

Donald Macleod with a full performance of perhaps Shostakovich's least-played symphony.

Donald Macleod with a complete performance of perhaps Shostakovich's least-played symphony - his second. Plus a miniature for piano by a forgotten contemporary - Vladimir Deshevov.

Donald Macleod explores Shostakovich's brilliant youth - and the work of five extraordinary lost musical souls - amidst the turmoil and extraordinary originality of 1920s Russia. 

Tuesday sees Donald Macleod presenting a complete performance of perhaps Shostakovich's least-played symphony, his Second - complete with tubthumping choral finale in praise of the Revolution. Yet this is no potboiler...but one of the most daringly original works of the early 20th century. The episode opens with a brutal miniature for piano by Shostakovich's forgotten contemporary, Vladimir Deshevov, evoking the clangourous, steely grind of life in industrial Russia.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Donald Macleod explores Shostakovich's youth - and the work of five lost musical souls

Donald Macleod explores Shostakovich's brilliant youth - and the work of five extraordinary lost musical souls - amid the turmoil and extraordinary originality of 1920s Russia

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