Learning on ScreenShostakovich on Trial: From Lady Macbeth to the Fifth Symphony
- Synopsis
- Recording of an illustrated lecture by Professor Marina Frolova-Walker FBA (Clare College, Cambridge) on the the censure of Shostakovich’s opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, from Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and the composer’s path through reform to rehabilitation. After the lecture, Shostakovich’s Songs on the Texts of English Poets is performed by Ed Hawkins (Bass) and the pianist Ceri Owen.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Recording date
- 13 Jan 2022
- Transmission details
- 21 Jan 2022
- Duration
- 69 mins
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Plays
- Macbeth
- Subjects
- Music; Shakespeare
- Keywords
- censorship; Soviet Union
Notes
- Notes
- The homepage includes a transcript as well as an audio version of the lecture for download.
Online Availability
- Online URL
- https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/shostakovich-trial
- Online format
- Streamed
Distributor
- Name
YouTube
- Web
- http://www.youtube.com External site opens in new window
Related
- Name
Gresham College
- enquiries@gresham.ac.uk
- Web
- http://www.gresham.ac.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7831 0575
- Fax
- 020 7831 5208
- Address
- Barnard’s Inn Hall
Holborn
London EC1N 2HH
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