Curtain Raiser

Curtain Raiser: Shostakovich - Symphony No 7, Leningrad


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This Symphony was famously given its Leningrad première in August 1942 by starving, yet defiant players, assembled under the banner of the Leningrad Radio Orchestra, during the Siege of Leningrad. Introduced by Matthew Crawford.
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Curtain RaiserBy RNZ