#Latest news with #AlfredSchnittkeWashington Post02-05-2025EntertainmentWashington PostSchnittke and Shostakovich push the NSO to the peak of its powersPardon my language but where the heck was everyone? It's very possible that a potent double-shot of often gloomy Russian composers — i.e. Alfred Schnittke and Dmitri Shostakovich — didn't mesh with some folks' warm spring evening agendas. Or perhaps the exercise of an unsparingly intense concerto followed by an hour-long symphony struck some potential patrons as strictly for the hardcore.
Washington Post02-05-2025EntertainmentWashington PostSchnittke and Shostakovich push the NSO to the peak of its powersPardon my language but where the heck was everyone? It's very possible that a potent double-shot of often gloomy Russian composers — i.e. Alfred Schnittke and Dmitri Shostakovich — didn't mesh with some folks' warm spring evening agendas. Or perhaps the exercise of an unsparingly intense concerto followed by an hour-long symphony struck some potential patrons as strictly for the hardcore.
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