880-01 Puteshestvie Dmitrii͡a Shostakovicha [videorecording] = A journey of Dmitry Shostakovich / written and directed by Oksana Dvornichenko, Helga Landauer.
In English and Russian with English subtitles. At head of title: Khorovod presents. Film uses fragments of performances by Dmitriy Shostakovich and his letters to I. Glikman, V. Mejerhold, L. Oborln, I. Sollertinskly, B. Tishenko, B. Shebalin, B. Yavorskij. Picture format: 4:3, full screen, NTSC.
Contents:
Trio and 7th symphony performed by Dmitriy Shostakovich -- 15th Symphony (performed by Symphony Orchestra of Television and Radio, conductor, Dmitriy Shostakovich) -- 7th Symphony (Orchestra of Bolshoi Theater USSR, conductor, S. Samasud) -- Zlatte gorl : waltz (Orchestra of Bolshoi Theater USSR, conductor, A. Melik Pashaev) -- Quintet (Borodin Quartet and Dmitriy Shostakovich) -- Nose (Orchestra of Moscow Music Chamber Theater) -- Katerina tzmajiova (Stanislavskiy, Nemirov Damchenko, State Music Theater, director, A. Mihajlova, conductor, G. Provatorov) -- Moscow, Cheremushki (Moscow Theater of Operetta, directors, A. Zaks, V. Kandelaki, conductor, G. Stoliarov) -- Suite : with poetry by Michelangelo Buonarrotti (E. Nesterenko, piano, V. Shenderovich) -- Anti-formalist Rayok : 4 basses, chorus, piano (State Chamber Chorus, conductor, V. Polyanskiy) -- Braga's serenade (L. Sokolenko, soprano; L. Kolmakova, mezzo-soprano; A. Subbotin, violin; V. Postnikova, piano) -- Film fragments: Camille, Alone, The unforgettable year 1919, Simple people, Katerina Izmatlova, Eleventh symphony, Final voyage, Boy dreams of the sea, Dmitriy Shostakovich, Dmitriy Shostakovich family album, Composer Dmitriy Shostakovich.
Summary:
In June 1973, near the end of his life, Soviet composer Dmitry Shostakovich sailed on a 9-day voyage on the cruise ship Mikhail Lermontov to receive an honorary doctorate of fine arts from Northwestern University. During the cruise, Shostakovich was intended to serve as a kind of centerpiece for a Soviet public relations push that also included concerts, screenings of movies with Shostakovich scores, and propaganda films ostensibly intended to show passengers what the USSR was all about. Newsreels, photos, and home movies are matched with voiceover narration, including excerpts from the composer's writings.
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