- Shostakovich composed this work in 1954. It premiered on Nov. 6, 1954, performed by the Bolshoy Theater Orchestra, directed by Yevgeniy Mravinsky.1
- This overture is considered one of Shostakovich’s more “populist” compositions.2
- Shostakovich conducted this piece, along with his First Cello Concerto, in his only public conducting appearance in November 1962.3
Sources
- Laurel E. Fay, Shostakovich: A Life(New York: Oxford University Press, 2000), 353.
- Ibid., 195.
- Laurel Fay and David Fanning, “Shostakovich, Dmitry,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed January 29, 2020, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000052560.
Cut IDs
13177, 22890, 41459, 45089