Dimitri Chostakovitch (1906-1975)
Symphonie n° 12 (1960 -1961)
in D minor, "L'Année 1917", for orchestra
- General information
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Composition date:
1960 - 22 aug 1961
- Duration: 40 mn
- Publisher: Le Chant du Monde
- Opus: 112
- Dedication: à la mémoire de Vladimir Ilyitch Lénine
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Composition date:
1960 - 22 aug 1961
- Type
- Instrumental ensemble music [Triple wind orchestra (or larger)]
Detailed formation
- 3 flutes (also piccolo), 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 2 percussionists, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
1 October 1961
Location:URSS, Moscou, Grande salle du Conservatoire
Performers:l'Orchestre symphonique d'état d'URSS, direction : Evguéni Mravinski.
Table of contents
- Pétrograd Révolutionnaire (Moderato – Allegro)
- La Débâcle (Allegro - Adagio)
- Aurore (Allegro) attacca
- L'Aube de l'humanité (L'istesso tempo)