Workshop 2024
Saturday, 10th February 2024
Our thanks to everyone who took part in Workshop 2024. A selection of
photographs is shown in th video reel below. If you’d like to knw more about the background to the Leningrad Symphony, violinist Cassian Wheeler has very kindly sent up some interesting links:
A short extract from the book, in which music broadcaster and composer Stephen
Johnson interviews Viktor Kozlov, clarinettist in the Leningrad premiere. He
explores how Shostakovich’s music took shape under Stalin’s reign of terror, and how it gave form to the hopes and fears of an oppressed
people. Johnson writes of the healing effect of music on sufferers of mental
illness and tells of how Shostakovich’s music lent him unexpected strength in his struggle with bipolar disorder.
From the archives of the St Petersburg Philharmonia: a wealth of documents,
photographs and written accounts relating to Shostakovich's 7th Symphony and
its performance in Leningrad in August 1942. The project was brought together
to coincide with the 80th anniversary of that performance.
The link here is to the 'Details' page, which includes extracts from the letters
of Zhavdet Aydarov, who played the snare drum in the symphony. There is also a
short account of the 'Siege Book' of the Philharmonic Hall.
An excellent 2016 documentary about the 'Leningrad' and its performance during
the blockade. Presented by Tom Service and Amanda Vickery.
PAST WORKSHOPS
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2006
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ELGAR
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Symphony No 1
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2007
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SHOSTAKOVICH
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Symphony No 5
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2008
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(No Workshop)
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2009
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MAHLER
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Symphony No 1
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2010
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BERLIOZ
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Harold in Italy
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2011
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(No Workshop)
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2012
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MAHLER
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Symphony No 4
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2013
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
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London Symphony
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2014
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HOLST
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Suite: The Planets
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2015
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MAHLER
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Symphony No 5
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2016
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RACHMANINOV
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Symphony No 2
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2017
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MUSSORGSKY
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Pictures from an Exhibition
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2018
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TCHAIKOVSKY
BAX
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Capriccio Italien
Tintagel
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2019
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ELGAR
SMETANA
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Concert overture: In the South
Ma Vlast
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2020
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RESPIGHI
BERLIOZ
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Pines of Rome
Overture: Roman Carnival
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2021
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BRAHMS
DVORAK
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Academic Festival Overture
Symphony No 7
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2022
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MALCOLM ARNOLD
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Symphony No 5
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2023
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RICHARD STRAUSS
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Alpine Symphony
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2024
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SHOSTAKOVICH
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Sy,mphony No 7 (leningrad)
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