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Hank Zauderer is a violinist and an artist. He regularly hosts an evening classical music program at NPR radio station KUSP in Santa Cruz, California. In the past he was a member of several symphony orchestras and chamber music groups. In particular, he loves the study of great composers and feels that music composition so often reflects the key events that took place in a composer's life.
Hank's taste includes the old Gregorian Chants and related religious works as well as music of the Baroque, Classical, and the Romantic period. Some of his favorites include Mahler, Edward Elgar, Leonard Bernstein, Igor Stravinsky, and Benjamin Britten.
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Shostakovich’s 5th
Posted: Friday | 02.24.12
Shostakovich
The Symphony #5 of Dmitri Shostakovich is an expression of profound human emotion. I hear in this music sounds of isolation, of anxiety, of suffering, longing, and remembrance of things long ago.
If you allow yourself, you will also get a sense of mourning, as well as periods of grief-stricken song, laments, and sobs.
Conductor Vasiliy Petrenko and the Liverpool Orchestra play with power, sensitivity and with precision.
Here is an interesting interview with Mr. Petrenko:
And now the music… here is a bit of history:
Leonard Bernstein rehearsing the Shostakovich 5
Tags: Dmitri Shostakovich, Vasily Petrenko, Symphony #5, Bernstein
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