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Oct 12, 2026 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Music

Spotlight: Shostakovich, Symphony No. 10 in E Minor

Today we'll be playing a variety of music, but the spotlight of the show will be an explanation and discussion of Shostakovich's 10th Symphony in E Minor. Known for its "Stalin Scherzo," this is arguably Shostakovich's greatest symphony and is a great example of his masterful use of thematic interrelation in his symphonies.

6:59 AM		Vienna Philharmonic & André Previn Symphony No. 102 in B-Flat Major, Hob.I:102: 3. Menuetto (Allegro) Joseph Haydn Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 102 & 104 Decca Music Group Ltd. 1994
7:03 AM		Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Ari Rasilainen Symphony No. 3, Op. 39 Ahmet Adnan Saygun Adhmed Adnan Saygun Symphonies 3 & 5 CPO 2004
7:42 AM		Claudio Arrau 10 Harmonies Poétiques Et Religieuses, S. 173: Moderato Claudio Arrau Liszt: Sonata in B Minor, 2 Études de Concert & Others Decca Music Group Ltd. 2001
7:52 AM		Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Vasily Petrenko Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93 Dmitri Shostakovich Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 Naxos 2010
9:21 AM		Sachio Fujioka, Manchester Camerata, Joe Houghton & Kate Wilson Dream Colored Mobile II, Op. 58a Takashi Yoshimatsu Memo Flora Chandos 1998
9:22 AM		Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Fantasia in C Major, Hob. XVII:4 Joseph Haydn Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 11 Chandos 2022
9:28 AM		Neeme Järvi & Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Four Tone Poems after Arnold Böcklin Max Reger Reger: Four Tone Poems after Arnold Böcklin & Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Johann Adam Hiller Chandos 1989
9:55 AM		Kaja Danczowska, Krystian Zimerman Mythes, Trois Poèmes, Op. 30 Karol Szymanowski Franck: Violin Sonata / Szymanowski: Mythes a.o. Deutsche Grammophon 2006