Hanging By A Crotchet - HBAC 5: Musical Nationalism & the Symphony That Saved Shostakovich’s Life
This week we examine the rise of musical nationalism across the 19th century and how individual styles emerged across different nations. Ever wondered why a piece you've heard sounds so incredibly German?? Listen to find out why!!
For our big piece this week we are looking at Shostakovich's incredibly dramatic 5th Symphony, the piece that managed to allow Shosty to evade persecution from the Stalinist regime who were getting ever closer to giving the composer a rather sticky end ...
Emmerich Kalman - Das Veilchen von Montmartre: Heut' Nach hab ich geträumt von dir
Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto
Franz Schubert - Erlkönig, Op. 1, D. 328: Wer reitet so spät
Gustav Mahler - Piano Quartet in A minor (1876) Quartet for piano, violin, viola, and cello: 1. Nicht zu schnell
Jean Sibelius - Finlandia, Op. 26
Bedrich Smetana, - Má Vlast, JB1:112: 2. VItava
Charles Villiers Stanford - Irish Rhapsody No. 4, Op. 141, "The Fisherman of Loch Neagh and What He Saw"
Charles Villiers Stanford - Irish Rhapsody No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 78, "To Hans Richter"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchalkovsky - Marche slave, Op. 31, TH 45
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Greensleeves
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47: 1. Moderato
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47: Il. Allegretto
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47: Ill. Largo
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47: IV. Allegro non troppo
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