Dimitri Chostakovitch (1906-1975)
Suite de la musique du film "Cinq Jours, cinq nuits" (1961)
selected by Levon Avtomian, for orchestra
- General information
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Composition date:
1961
- Duration: 32 mn
- Publisher: Le Chant du Monde
- Opus: 111a
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Composition date:
1961
- Type
- Instrumental ensemble music [Triple wind orchestra (or larger)]
Detailed formation
- 3 flutes (also piccolo), 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 3 percussionists, harp, piano, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
7 January 1962
Location:URSS, Radio de Moscou
Performers:l'Orchestre symphonique de Cinéma d'Etat de la Radio moscovite, direction : Emin Khatchaturian.
Table of contents
- Introduction (Adagio)
- La Destruction de Dresde (Largo)
- La Libération de Dresde (Moderato – Presto – Largo – Allegro)
- Interlude (Andante – Moderato – Allegro)
- Finale (Moderato – Allegretto – Largo)