FULL Symphony No. 13 Babi Yar (Shostakovich) Tokyo 2024 Alexey Tikhomirov
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Symphony No. 13 Babi Yar
- Composer: Shostakovich Dmitri
- Libretto: Yevgeny Yevtushenko
- Venue & Opera Company: NHK Hall, Tokyo, Japan
- Recorded: February 3, 2024
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Alexey Tikhomirov
- Conductor: Michiyoshi Inoue
- Orchestra: NHK Symphony Orchestra
- Chorus: Orphei Drängar
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: NHK
- Date Published: 2024
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: bilibili FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
PROGRAMME:
Johann Strauss II / Im Krapfenwald’I, polka française Op. 336
Shostakovich / Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1 —March, Lyrical Waltz, Little Polka, Waltz II
Shostakovich / Symphony No. 13 B-flat Minor Op. 113, Babi Yar
The Symphony No. 13 in B-flat minor, Op. 113 for bass soloist, bass chorus, and large orchestra was composed by Dmitri Shostakovich in 1962. It consists of five movements, each a setting of a Yevgeny Yevtushenko poem that describes aspects of Soviet history and life. Although the symphony is commonly referred to by the nickname Babi Yar, no such subtitle is designated in Shostakovich’s manuscript score.
The symphony was completed on July 20, 1962, and first performed in Moscow on December 18 of that year. Kirill Kondrashin conducted the premiere after Yevgeny Mravinsky declined the assignment. Vitaly Gromadsky sang the solo part alongside the basses of the Republican Russian Chorus and the Moscow Philharmonic.