Shostakovich 'In the Year 2017'
Somehow I've nearly made it through January and February unscathed, and we’re over a month into Drumpf's presidency. This week, I’m in Winnipeg playing a diverse programme of Gershwin, Fung (I already tricked someone into thinking it’s the music of my Aunt Viv), and Shostakovich. Shostakovish’s Symphony No. 12 ‘The Year 1917’ was composed following his seemingly complete and utter capitulation to the Communists marked by his induction as a member of the party in 1960. Commiss