In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Adult male VO: Quote from Composer Dmitri Shostakovich translated, reads: "It was the Revolution that made me a composer. Of that, I am certain." Title and opening credits, in Cyrillic; placid water reflecting St. Petersburg buildings. Zayachy Island as seen from across the Neva River, through ornate metal fence; Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral and the Grand Dukes Tomb in the distance. Ornate detail on metal fence; religious statue in BG. Decorative pillar tops belonging to St. Isaac's Cathedral; Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire's relief sculpture "St Isaac Accosts the Emperor Valens". Head of a griffin statue. Kazan Cathedral. Audio of Shostakovich's last composition, The Sonata for Viola and Piano, being performed on violin.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Adult male VO. Violist Fyodor Druzhinin, member of the Beethoven Quartet plays The Sonata for Viola and Piano on the violin at the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Society. Adult Russian men and women listen to performance. Empty chair in the middle of the audience, reserved in honor for composer, Dmitri Shostakovich.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Adult male VO. Sheet music written by Composer Dmitri Shostakovich. Desk where Shostakovich worked containing sheet music, small personal pictures and miscellaneous writing materials. Framed picture of young Shostakovich on a wall and newspaper front page (written in Cyrillic) over a chair in his work-space; adjacent are two grand pianos and framed awards on wall. Shostakovich speaks: "I compose very fast and I don't believe it is an asset. Perhaps I should go slower. Then, I would have less shortcomings. But, I get so caught up and carried away by the process of composing, that I have the impression I'm plodding."
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Fast traveling shots past buildings and ornate fencing. Multiple banners written in Cyrillic, roughly translated: "All Power to the Soviet Workers and Soldiers."
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Adult male VO. Historical footage of the Russian Revolution; adult male Russian soldiers riding on a convoy of trucks; soldiers wave to camera.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Adult male VO. Historical footage of the Russian Revolution; adult Russian male standing above other adult Russian males, speaking forcefully; banner in Cyrillic (voicing support for Russian soldiers in the trenches) being carried above a large group of adult Russian men; adult male Russian soldier standing on a ladder, using the butt of his rifle to knock off an imperial eagle statue; Russians encircling a stage where Vladimir Lenin is speaking to the crowd, two other adult Russian men stand on stage beside him.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Adult male VO. Historical footage of Russian Revolution; large crowd of adult Russian men marching in the streets, carrying banners written in Cyrillic, one calling for the firing of government ministers.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Music sheet in Cyrillic text, representing Composer Dmitri Shostakovich's Twelfth Symphony and its dedication to Vladimir Lenin. VS of adult Russian male and female musicians playing a section of the Twelfth Symphony; Shostakovich's son, Maxim is the conductor.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Composer Dmitri Shostakovich's Twelfth Symphony playing in the BG. Historical footage of the Russian Revolution; adult Russian men and women marching, carrying banners in Cyrillic; squad of adult male Russian soldiers marching in formation through the streets; mass congregation of people protesting in the streets.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Traveling shot past ornate rod-iron fencing; Composer Dmitri Shostakovich's Twelfth Symphony playing in the BG.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Historical footage of the Russian Revolution; truck travels down street carrying adult male Russian soldiers with rifles (bayonets affixed); Composer Dmitri Shostakovich's Twelfth Symphony plays in the BG.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Interior of N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory; statue of the Anton Rubinstein, founder of the Conservatory. Portrait of Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov, grand piano in FG.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
The notes of Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, director of the N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory at the time when Dmitri Shostakovich was a student, dated 1919-1920, describing his impressions of Shostakovich. English translation: "A fine musician, despite his youth. Surprisingly early maturity. Excellent. A striking, brilliant talent. A wealth of fantasy and inventiveness in music. Now in search of his style."
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Interior of St. Petersburg Philharmonia. Gennadi Rozhdestvensky conducting off-screen musicians.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky conducting symphony at Saint Petersburg Philharmonia, musicians playing off-screen.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky conducting symphony at Saint Petersburg Philharmonia, adult Russian male and female orchestra performing. Adult male and female Russians seated, listening to symphony. Lit chandeliers.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky speaking about Composer Dmitri Shostakovich: "It's surprising how the young composer could display such brilliance at so youthful an age, and give substance to such mature and significant thought. His score of the First Symphony sparkles with every shade of color. The emotions range across a vast spectrum, from the most intimate lyricism to the majestic, from tragedy to comedy, from generalizations to intimate detail. Therein lies the greatness of the work. Hence, it was no coincidence that Shostakovich's star rose in the musical firmament the very first time the symphony was performed. Therein lies Shostakovich's claim to immortality." Rozhdestvensky conducts the orchestra, consisting of adult Russian men and women playing the finale of a Shostakovich piece at Saint Petersburg Philharmonia; the musicians stand at the end of the performance, adult Russian men and women applaud in the FG.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Various ballet program booklets; an opera based off the novel by Nikolai Gogol called "The Nose" and sheet music superimposed over theatrical shows.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Piece of paper with a dedication written to Nina Vassilyevna Shostakovich. Dmitri Shostakovich's "Katerina Ismailova" opera program cover.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Composer Dmitri Shostakovich speaking about his opera "Katerina Ismailova": "My critics of the opera 'Katerina Ismailova' in the 1930s were right in many respects, but in many, I think, they were unjust. But, when the question of its revival arose, I decided on certain alterations. Hence, the criticism I heard in the 1930s was constructive despite the heated tempers and the excessively strong words exchanged."
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Mikhailovsky Theatre. Composer Dmitri Shostakovich walks down the center aisle and shakes hands with the adult Russian male conductor, violinist, and thanks the rest of the orchestra; adult Russian men and women seated in audience applaud, adult Russian woman gives Shostakovich a bouquet of roses. Shostakovich walks to center stage with adult Russian male and female actors and takes a bow; more applause from the audience and actors on stage with him.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Barricade Theater in St. Petersburg at night. Entrance to the theater; bus passes in FG.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Paper page with movie title and credits of Counterplan, a movie with title song, "Song of the Counterplan", composed by Dmitri Shostakovich.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
International Brigade volunteers join fight in the Spanish Civil War; adult Caucasian male volunteer soldiers walking in single-file line, their right fists raised in the air in defiance, empty grandstands in BG. Republican Army soldiers marching in formation down street in Madrid, carrying rifles. "The Song of the Counterplan," composed by Dmitri Shostakovich plays in the BG.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Historical footage; Eiffel Tower; adult French men piling sandbags for fortification of the city; street traffic and pedestrians in BG. Composer Dmitri Shostakovich's "The Song of the Counterplan" playing the BG.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Historical footage; United Nations flag waving in the wind; several Cadillac's (possibly Series 60) drive up street past the UN building in New York City; various nation's flags waving in front of United Nations building. Composer Dmitri Shostakovich's "The Song of the Counterplan" playing the BG; UN flag waves.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Montage: Locomotive pulling cars of coal; adult Russian men shoveling coal into bins; adult Russian man turning over cement mixer; cement pouring into hole; crowd of adult Russian men starting race in a forested area; adult Russian male swimmers participating in swimming race; adult Russian man pole vaulter, leaping over bar; adult Russian man rides a brand new tractor out of the factory (a gift to the 16th Congress of the Communist Party), surrounded by adult Russian male factory workers cheering; Vladimir Mayakovsky speaking emphatically; adult Russian men working, swinging large hammers, sledgehammers. Composer Dmitri Shostakovich's music plays in the BG.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Sheet music with superimposed shirtless young adult Russian man drilling into rock, smiling at camera. Composer Dmitri Shostakovich's music plays the BG.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Title Card, translated: THE GREATEST WEIR IN THE WORLD OF THE DNIEPER HYDRO POWER PLANT IS BUILT. Water running through Dnieper Hydroelectric Station; construction equipment seated atop dam. Title Card, translated: DNIEPER CONQUERED. Large volume of water pouring down, splashing.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Title Card, translated: "NORTH POLE. OURS!" Wing of airplane in flight; propeller spinning. Five adult Russian men wearing heavy winter clothing, waving their hats on top snow mound.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Four propeller "Maxim Gorky" airplane fly's overhead. Russian female teenager smiles, waving flowers. Overview of automobile motorcade driving down street in Moscow packed with Russian people, confetti cascades down.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Maxim Gorky, sitting in a train car, shaking hands with someone off camera, holds flowers in other hand. Adult Russian men waving their hands and hats.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky looking over a model airship with his hands.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Hands and hats waving in the air, airplane fly's overhead. Adult Russian male paratroopers sliding off the wing of a Tupolev TB-3 aircraft. Tupolev TB-3 planes in flight; dozens of parachutes are deployed and paratroopers descend.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Grainy footage. SS Chelyuskin sinking; survivors are seen standings on ice pack in the distance. Adult Russian men gathered together with their sleds and supplies.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Adult Russian man smiling, carrying a bale of hay; image freezes. Adult Russian woman looks up and smiles at someone off camera; image freezes to capture smile. Middle aged adult Russian man looks at camera, smiles. Adult Russian man with a dirty blackened face, holds flowers and turns to smile at the camera, three adult Russian men applauding behind him. Adult Russian man turns to the camera, two adult Russian men behind him. Young adult Russian woman smiles. Young adult Russian man smiling at someone off camera. Two adult Russian male pilots walking under the wing of an airplane, one turns to look at something off camera; image freezes.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Vostok 1 rocket launching from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Orbital view of the surface of the Earth. Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin seated in the Vostok 3KA space capsule, while in low Earth orbit.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Sheet music, page being turned by hand of adult Caucasian. Yevgeny Mravinsky conducting finale of Dmitri Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony; St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra playing off-screen.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Violinist Leonid Kogan playing the second part of Dmitri Shostakovich's violin concerto: Scherzo.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich playing piano for his "Piano Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra"; adult male members of St. Petersburg Philharmonic orchestra watching, waiting for conductor Fritz Stiedry to give cue.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Maxim Shostakovich interview (English translation): "So much has been said about the music of Shostakovich. Yet I'd like to tell you, briefly, what I find most important in it. Firstly, of the wealth of musical genres, I would say the symphony is where he best voiced his most profound and sacred thoughts of life, of mankind, of the meaning of life, and of man's place on Earth. Secondly, I'm quite convinced that father had an astounding feeling for the march of time, the movement of time. The significant thing, moreover, is that he not only heard and felt this movement, he could also give expression to time and all its contradictions, conflicts, complex-ness, epic breadth, and, at the same time, with an intimate penetration into the world of thought and sentiment of his contemporaries. There is probably no better illustration of what I want to say than the Seventh Symphony composed in a fantastically short time. At a time of trial and tribulation in his besieged Leningrad. The score of the symphony is often marked by the word 'air raid.' He wrote the word every time there was an air raid and he had to go up on the roof for his watch. At a time when valuables were being destroyed, immense spiritual artistic values were still being created. The Seventh Symphony, written by Shostakovich during the siege of Leningrad, is the object of my special pride."
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Drumstick gently tapping on drum. Flames from the Eternal Fire at the Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery. Dmitri Shostakovich and son Maxim standing together, staring at the firelight from the Eternal Fire, at Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery; firelight from eternal flame showing on their faces. Flames obscuring bronze monument in BG. "Mother Motherland" monument, built by Vera Isaeva and Robert Taurit. Dmitri Shostakovich staring into the Eternal Fire at Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery; light from the fight illuminates his face. Drumsticks banging on drum.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Adult male German Army soldiers marching in formation at night, carrying Nazi flags, illuminated by spotlight. Long line of German soldiers marching in darkness, carrying torches; soldier standing next to Nazi banner above winding formation. Soldiers marching in formation past Chancellor Adolf Hitler and other adult male officers, giving and receiving Nazi salute.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich staring into the Eternal Fire at Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery; light from the flame illuminates his face. Yuri Temirkanov conducting St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra performing Shostakovich's 7th Symphony. Adult Russian men and women watching performance. Man with his hand to his head.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
"Guernica" painting by Pablo Picasso intercut with VS of adult male German Army soldiers marching in formation, Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th Symphony playing in BG.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Yuri Temirkanov conducting St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra performing Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th Symphony.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
German Junker Ju 52 aircraft flying, rolling over and diving toward ground. Adult Caucasian female clutching and running with child. VS adult French men and women running in streets, one woman falling. Two Junker Ju 52 fighter planes in flight. Overview section of Paris, smoke rising following ground explosion. Adult French women giving Nazi salute following invasion, occupation. German Army soldiers marching in formation, looking at camera as they pass. Adult French Caucasian woman using handkerchief to wipe tears from her eyes. Nazi flag being unfurled by male German soldier. Nazi flag flying high atop Eiffel Tower antenna.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Rear view of German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, architects Albert Speer and Arno Breker walking away from camera, facing the Eiffel Tower in distance.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" painting. Passing German tank with a German soldier on top toward smoke and fire in distance at night. Anti-aircraft gun firing. Building tenants draw curtains over windows to prevent light from being seen. Dmitri Shostakovich working at piano. Piece of paper that reads, "7th Symphony 1941."
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Yuri Temirkanov conducting St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra performing Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th Symphony. Adult Russian men and women watching performance.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Wheel-track of German Army Panzer tank rolling through dirt/mud, pushing through field. Multiple Panzer tanks driving through field while German Army soldiers walk alongside. Panzer tank with four soldiers on top, driving through village. Blasts and explosions,fire. Bomb bay door of military aircraft open, bombs falling out. Raging ground fires. Explosion. Two German soldiers running across road, trying to find cover. Two German soldiers setting house on fire via flamethrower. Smoke billowing and spreading. Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" painting. German soldiers riding motorcycles, some with side seats, through town ablaze.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Yuri Temirkanov conducting St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra performing Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th Symphony, adult Russian men and women watching performance in BG.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Overview of village engulfed in flames. Middle-aged adult Russian woman in despair, kneeling on ground, touching head of dead young adult man. Teenage male crying, kneeling next to body of adult woman.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich staring into the Eternal Fire at Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery; light from the flames illuminates his face. Teenage Russian female watching performance. Overview of Yuri Temirkanov conducting St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra performing Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th Symphony, adult men and women watching performance. Elderly adult woman watching performance. Middle-aged adult man listening with eyes closed, hand to head.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Smoke passing over 1941 poster by Irakli Toidze, adult Russian peasant woman raising her hand to the words, "Motherland is Calling!"
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Russian Army soldiers marching. Russian females of varying ages, some wiping tears from their eyes. Russian soldier carrying component of mini-gun, walking with teenage female. Russian soldiers marching in formation; one soldier carries violin case with him. Adult Russian women walking alongside marching Russian soldiers. Russian soldiers marching in formation across bridge in St. Petersburg.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Yuri Temirkanov conducting St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra performing Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th Symphony. Flames and billowing smoke.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Leopold Stokowski and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra playing Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th Symphony at Camp Young, a military training camp. Cheering adult male soldiers.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Double decker bus passing Big Ben and Palace of Westminster.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Billowing smoke and fire. Adult Russian women walking streets of St. Petersburg, two of whom drag sleds carrying dead body. Poster on building that reads (translated), "Destroy the German Beast," adult men and women walking past.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Outdoor loudspeakers playing Dmitri Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony in St. Petersburg. Adult Russian men and women of all ages listening.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Yuri Temirkanov conducting St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra performing Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th Symphony. Adult Russian men and women watching performance.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Three adult Russian male soldiers walk in front of the Germania statue and place the flag of the Soviet Union atop the Reichstag roof.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Soviet Army Victory Parade; adult Russian male soldiers carrying Nazi flags and banners, they discard them into several piles; adult Russian men and women watching. Piles of Nazi flags and emblems.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Yuri Temirkanov conducting the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, performing Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th Symphony.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
VS of adult Russian male soldiers returning home from the war, greeted by adult Russian women at train station. Russian soldier hugs a male teenager, another walks with his arms around a middle-aged Russian woman. Russian soldiers walking in formation, bouquets of flowers are thrown to them; adult Russian woman runs up to the soldiers with a bouquet and joins the procession.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich staring into the Eternal Flame at Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery; the light from the flame illuminates on his face. Yuri Temirkanov conducting the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, performing the finale of Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th Symphony; adult Russian men and women listening to the performance.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Composer Dmitri Shostakovich speaking: "I cannot very well speak about myself, but take Beethoven; I doubt he could have created his great symphonies without civic awareness, without his great progressive thoughts and convictions. That is true not only of Beethoven, but Shubert, Schumann, Mussorgsky, Glinka and Tchaikovsky."
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Czechoslovakian Memorial dedicated to those prisoners who died in the Mauthausen Concentration Camp. Hungarian Memorial dedicated to those prisoners who died in the Mauthausen Concentration Camp.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Adult male members of Moscow Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra playing trumpets, part of Eight Symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich's. Maxim Shostakovich conducting. Hands and fingers of various adult Russian men and women playing woodwind, string, and percussion instruments.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Czechoslovakian Memorial dedicated to prisoners who died at Mauthausen concentration camp.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Hand swinging mallet onto gong. Adult male members of Moscow Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra playing wind and percussion instruments, performing Eight Symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Aerial of gentle sea waves. Overview of tall grass blowing in wind. Snow-covered mountain peaks and ridges. Two birds, possibly terns, in flight.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
VS Dmitri Shostakovich concentrating, listening to music.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
Maxim Shostakovich at funeral of his father, Dmitri Shostakovich. Elderly and middle-aged adult Russian men and women people staring at casket. Portrait of Shostakovich with flowers off to side. Adult men and women of varying ages paying their respects at his funeral; bouquets of flowers surround casket. Tikhon Khrennikov, Arvid Pelshe, Mikhail Solomentsev, Pyotr Demichev, and Aram Khachaturian stand in line next to casket. Dedication musical note to his wife, Irina, reads: "Suite on Verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti." Sheet music. Adult men and women of varying ages sitting, listening to music performed in his honor within the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. Portraits of Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Richard Wagner, and two unidentified adult Caucasian male musicians on Grand Hall walls. Overview of adult men and women seated in Grand Hall.
In Commemoration Of Shostakovich
End credits.