Symphony No. 12 (Shostakovich)

Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112, by Dmitri Shostakovich was first played in Leningrad by the Leningrad Philharmonic on 1 October 1961. Yevgeny Mravinsky was the conductor.[1][2]

Form

The symphony has four parts, also called movements, played without stopping. It takes around 39 minutes to play the symphony.[3]

  1. Revolutionary Petrograd: Moderato—Allegro—Più mosso—Allegro
  2. Razliv: Allegro (L'istesso tempo)—Adagio
  3. Aurora: Adagio (L'istesso tempo)—Allegro
  4. The Dawn of Humanity: Allegro (L'istesso tempo)—Allegretto—Moderato

Instruments

The symphony is written for an orchestra with:

References

  1. ↑ Fay, Laurel (1999). Shostakovich: A Life. Oxford University Press. p. 222. ISBN 0-19-513438-9.
  2. ↑ Fanning, David, Notes for Deutsche Grammophon 431388, Shostakovich: Symphony No. 12, "The Year 1917"; Hamlet (suite); The Age of Gold (suite); Neeme Järvi conducting the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
  3. ↑ nstarling (2019-04-09). "SHOSTAKOVICH - Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112 "The Year 1917"". Utah Symphony. Retrieved 2026-03-29.

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