2.The motif is used in every movement of this quartet, and is the basis of the faster theme of the third movement.

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) Program notes for Tippet Rise Art Center, August 3, 2018Not to be reprinted without permission© Benjamin Pesetsky 2019 Dmitri Shostakovich’s Cello Sonata is a relatively early work, written in 1934 before his first denunciation by Stalin.

Cello, Orchestra, Viola, Violin (Score) New Collected Works of Dmitri Shostakovich Volume 106, 107, 108 H. Composed by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). Program notes by Jon Kochavi Composed 1959.

Program Notes for the 2009 - 2010 Season Compositions Performed. Cellist Richard Hirschl then joins the Peoria Symphony Orchestra for Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No.1, a tribute to his friendship with cellist Mstislav Title Sonata in F sharp minor for Cello and Piano, Op.40 Composer Lilienthal, Abraham Wolf: Opus/Catalogue Number Op./Cat. DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH. 15, and Piano Sonata No. Shostakovich, also an able pianist, subsequently toured with Kubatsky, premiering his Cello Sonata in Leningrad on Christmas Day, 1934, alongside the cello sonatas of Grieg and Rachmaninov. Cello and piano accompaniment - Difficulty: difficult Composed by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). One of these was the opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District , the work that provoked Stalin’s disapproval, propelling the composer into years of artistic limbo. Around this time Shostakovich wrote various articles describing his search for a simple, clear and expressive language. Just before the coda, there is a moment of lyric repose, and Shostakovich’s biographer D. Rabinovich notes that the accompaniment, first in the violins, then in the harp, for the cello-and-bass recollection of the first movement is a quotation from a Shostakovich song of 1936. His Sonata for Cello and Piano in E minor begins, not surprisingly, on the low E of the cello, supported by plump off-beat chords not dissimilar to those that accompany the opening theme of the Fourth Symphony, also in E minor. Died August 9, 1975, Moscow. In the fall of 1932, Shostakovich completed his massive opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District. It was a remarkable pair of Soviet musicians that gave the 1950 premiere of Sergey Prokofiev's Sonata for cello and piano in C major, Op.

Print Program Notes Though the piano trio—meaning the ensemble of violin, cello, and piano—had been a popular medium in Western Europe since the time of Haydn and Mozart, it had failed to take root in Russia during the 19th century. Right from the start, the Sonata feels like a new departure.

Program Notes for the 2009 - 2010 Season Compositions Performed. His "Cello Sonata No.1" was the first duo sonata that Brahms allowed to be published. 2 in A minor Op. 25-Oct-09 - Download ProgramFranz Joseph Haydn String Quartet in E Flat major, (1732 – 1808) Op.76, No.6 (1797) Francis Poulenc Sonata for Flute and Piano (1899 - 1963) (1956) Alexander Borodin String Quartet in A Major (1833 - 1887) (1879) 13-Dec-09 - Download Program In between, Shostakovich inserts a notable passage during which all four players exchange successive short gestures creating an eccentric quilt of sound.