32 min

Symphony for a starving city Decomposed with Jade Simmons

    • Music History

Making music under Stalin was a dangerous undertaking — it could end with applause or in a prison camp. In the brutal grip of World War II, Shostakovich composed a symphony so powerful, it was smuggled halfway around the world in order to be played.

  • Copyright 2023 Minnesota Public Radio

Making music under Stalin was a dangerous undertaking — it could end with applause or in a prison camp. In the brutal grip of World War II, Shostakovich composed a symphony so powerful, it was smuggled halfway around the world in order to be played.

32 min

  • Copyright 2023 Minnesota Public Radio

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