Decomposed with Jade Simmons
Symphony for a starving city
May 7, 2019 · 32 min · Season 1 · Episode 4 · 31.4 MB
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Making music under Stalin was a dangerous undertaking — it could end with applause or in a prison camp. In the brutal grip of World War II, Shostakovich composed a symphony so powerful, it was smuggled halfway around the world in order to be played.
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