The Symphony n° 11 in minor ground COp 103 known as the year 1905 , of Dmitri Chostakovitch was made up on August 4th, 1957 in remembering the insurrection of 1905 but approaches also the repression of the people under the yoke of the totalitarian systems.

The symphony is in four movements:

1. Adagio: the place of the Palate
2. Allegro: on January 9th
3. Adagio: eternal Memory
4. Allegro not troppo: the Alarm bell

Data sheet

• Title: Symphony n° 11 in minor ground, COp 103
• Subtitle: the year 1905
• Composition: 1957
• Creation: October 30th 1957 by the Symphony orchestra of the USSR under the direction of Natan Rakhline

Orchestration

Symphonic manpower includes/understands a full orchestra: wood by 3 (78 musicians), 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, percussion, drinking cups, celesta, 4 toothings-stone, the first 12 violins, 12 second violins, 10 violas, 8 violoncellos, 6 double basses.

History

Composition

Creation and reception

It is created on October 30th, 1957 in the Big room of the Conservatoire of Moscow by the Symphony orchestra of the USSR, directed by Natan Rakhline.

Analyzes

Adagio: the place of the Palate

Allegro: on January 9th

Adagio: eternal Memory

Allegro not troppo: the Alarm bell

Selective discography

Two versions are essential in the discography, that of Ievgueni Mravinski with the head of Leningrad and that of Kirill Kondrachine with the Philharmonic orchestra of Moscow within the framework of its integral of the symphonies. The recordings of Bernard Haitink, Guennadi Rojdestvenski and Rudolf Barshai are also with advising.

References

See too

Related articles

• Dmitri Chostakovitch
• List of works of Dmitri Chostakovitch

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