Symphony No. 6 (Shostakovich)

Shostakovich in 1925

Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54, by Dmitri Shostakovich was first played in Leningrad by the Leningrad Philharmonic on 5 November 1939. Yevgeny Mravinsky was the conductor.[1]

Form

The symphony has three parts, also called movements:

  1. Largo
  2. Allegro
  3. Presto

The symphony takes about 30 minutes to play.

Instruments

This symphony is written for piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 3 clarinets (3rd doubling E♭ clarinet), bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (3rd doubling contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, tambourine, tam-tam, xylophone, harp, celesta and strings.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Fay, Laurel (2000). Shostakovich: A Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-513438-9.
  2. ↑ "Symphony No. 6". www.laphil.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2018. Retrieved 2026-03-24.

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