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Shostakovich 8 th and 9th Con1nuing the War Trilogy
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Symphony 8 and 9 2014

Jul 28, 2015

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Shostakovich  8th  and  9th  

Con1nuing  the  War  Trilogy  

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Plan    

•  Vast  opening  moderato  in  E  minor.  •   Short  angry  2nd  mvt  in  B  flat  minor.  •  AllegreDo  in  C  minor  as  third  mvt  –  full  of  personal  shiGs  in  mood.    

•  Intro  to  Finale  –  moves  to  major  mode  –  to  triumphant  unison  ending.    

•  Personal  asser1on  of  triumph?  •  Stalin  portrait?    

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8th  Symphony  

•  1943:    SeDled  in  Moscow  and  teaching  at  the  Conservatory.    Gloomy  8th  disappointed  lovers  of  the  seventh.    Memorial  for  the  whole  na1on.    

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9th  Symphony  

•  1945:  Victory  year  -­‐  a  lightweight  score.    Close  official  scru1ny  of  all  his  work  returned.    C  minor/major.  Unbalanced  movement  scheme  of  5  movements  (2  brutal  scherzos)  great  C  major  finale.    Referring  back  to  Haydn.    

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Sol1  Conducts  

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Mvt  1  Allegro  

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Movement  2  

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Movement  3  

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Third  Movement  

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Mvt  4  

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%th  Movement  

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