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The orchestral series was subtitled Shostakovich and his Heroes, meaning his influences, chief among them Bach, Beethoven, Mussorgsky, Mahler, Britten and Offenbach. Clever programme-planning emphasised how Shostakovich veered between the circus clown and cinematic police-chase idiom -- borrowed from Offenbach -- and the amalgam of popular song, military and funeral marches and tragic personal intensity (lovers) which follow directly from the Mahlerian symphonic format.
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Celebrating Shostakovich
Although the 100th anniversary of Shostakovich's birth is still six months away, Manchester staged a six-week celebration in January and February encompassing all 15 of the symphonies and string quartets as well as some of the concertos and song ...
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