NICOLE V. GAGNÉ

This show, first broadcast on August 31, 2014, discusses the Soviet notion of formalist music as distinct from socialist realist music, and looks at the impact of the politicization of music in a police state, where official disapproval could result in ruin, imprisonment, and even death. The composers featured are Sergey Prokofiev and Dmitry Shostakovich; the works played in this show are:

SERGEY PROKOFIEV

Scythian Suite (1915)

Piano Sonata No. 6 (1940)

DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH

Piano Sonata No. 1 (1926)

Lady Macbeth of Mtsenk, Scene One (1932) [excerpt]

Symphony No. 9 (1945)

Link to:

Music: SFCR Radio Shows 2012–2018

For more on these composers, see:

Music Book: Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music, Second Edition

For more on Sergey Prokofiev, see:

Music: SFCR Radio Show #20, Neo-Classicism, part 1

For more on Dmitry Shostakovich, see:

Music: SFCR Radio Show #21, Neo-Classicism, part 2

Music: SFCR Radio Show #27, 20th-Century Music on the March