Shostakovich 7th Symphony

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Valery Gergiev conducts Shostakovich's 7th Symphony which salutes the sacrifices made during the Great Patriotic War as survivors of the Siege of Leningrad describe the first performance of this great symphony

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You know, even if ... ( 4 months ago by Colvolon)

You know, even if the 7th is not totaly about war, it doesn't matter. In mine the facism and comunism and maoism, and imperialism in other prominent countries is just the same dictatorship, which was the real cause of the II world war. The famous theme from the first movement is fbout dictatorship, how it swiftly crawls to power, and then begins to kill.

Not to burst ... ( 4 months ago by raz1024)

Not to burst anyone's bubble, but since I'm a stickler for details, I have to point out that this is from the first movement of Shosatkovich's SIXTH symphony, not seventh.

Never mind...the ... ( 4 months ago by raz1024)

Never mind...the intro is from the sixth, but I hadn't gotten to the footage from the performance yet. My bad.

When I heard ... ( 4 months ago by ArturoAlejandroS)

When I heard Concerto for Orchestra I thought in the second world war, similar to Prokofiev 6
º or Shosta 7º in some passages.

What is the tematic ... ( 3 months ago by ArturoAlejandroS)

What is the tematic of sixth symphony?

The grate RUSSIAN ... ( 3 months ago by sg303)

The grate RUSSIAN people i salute you!!! Only in russia sturving to death people found a time for culture!!!

Fantastic. One ... ( 3 months ago by swanningaround)

Fantastic. One soldier stood alone and saved the world - this humble soldier was Comrade Stalin.

what is that ... ( 2 months ago by plemax)

what is that supposed to mean? How Stalin was destroying Leningrad? Bombed it or didn't supply food? What the hell are you talking about? And don't lie to yourself, Hitler didn't finished it and never will. Say thank you that Russians didn't kill all Germans like Hitler was planing to do with Russians. Your Americans friends saved you.

Who the hell ... ( 2 months ago by plemax)

Who the hell Bolsheviks is? Some sort of aliens came from space? If they are Russians them who Leningrad people is? You lost me.

I love you Russia! ( 2 months ago by Dissentient)

I love you Russia!

This man is correct ... ( 1 month ago by NailI3unny)

This man is correct. There are entire books written on the subject.

By "This Man" I ... ( 1 month ago by NailI3unny)

By "This Man" I mean Gonnakillyou.
Shostakovich hated the Soviet government and blatantly opposed them in his music...but got away with it because they could use his music as propaganda. The government claimed this symphony was about Leningrad and the Nazi's destroying it...but as "gonnakillyou" said, Shostakovich said in his later
life that the symphony was really about "the Leningrad that Stalin destroyed and the Nazis merely finished off."

that's what I was ... ( 1 month ago by fiddlinmatt)

that's what I was going to say. The gov. spun the meaning of the piece to their advantage, and the timing of it's conception only furthered the effectiveness of their progoganda

To all who speak ... ( 1 month ago by dAvrilthebear)

To all who speak about interpretations of this symphony. After a work of art is released, the artist, in fact, looses his control over it. So who cares what Shostakovitch said or wrote afterwards? The Symphony is only from the first note to the last note. All the rest is what you yourself hear in this music. MHO.

I absolutely LOVE ... ( 1 month ago by MIFFLISH)

I absolutely LOVE Shostakovich's voice. :D

If this was written ... ( 1 month ago by re34646)

If this was written in peacetime, by an artist sitting at a piano, daydreaming, I might agree. This was written while his city was surrounded, and being shelled and bombed. So what he had to say expressed what he felt, and why he composed this. He also apparently wrote out of his feelings of what Stalin had done to the people. It is okay to ignore what he thought and felt. But you will never understand this music if you don't read what he said.

The below comment ... ( 1 month ago by re34646)

The below comment was a reply to dAvrilthebear, about three notes below this.

You have the right ... ( 1 month ago by dAvrilthebear)

You have the right to have your opinion, of course, but I think music is about MUSIC, not about what someone SAYS - even if it's the author who speaks.

The segment of the ... ( 1 month ago by mpgingdl)

The segment of the empty chairs with the symphony playing is perhaps the most eloquent statement about what war and repression are really about.

Array ( 3 weeks ago by IngridAtenea)

Qu
é terribles imágenes, que absurdo destruirnos entre nosotros mismos, no es justo para la pobre gente que muere sin tener nada que ver, POBRES NIÑOS JODER! no es justo. Esperemos pues que estupideces como esta no se repitan, jamás!

sorry, but you're ... ( 3 weeks ago by sverdlov17)

sorry, but you're totally wrong, Shostakovich NEVER said such a thing.

You are totally ... ( 3 weeks ago by sverdlov17)

You are totally wrong, he had the outline of the symphony before the Great Patriotic War, not the whole first movement. I believe you were reading that sac of lies called "testimony".

Spassibo takomu ... ( 1 week ago by iliouchka81)

Spassibo takomu tcheloveku kotorii pomog svoemu narodu proderjatsia v blokade Leningrada... on dal nadejdu ludiam
µ... vechnii poklon!

omg natzies!!!!!!!! ... ( 2 hours ago by kakerzaim)

omg natzies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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