Comments on: Shostakovich 7- the city, the year, the performance http://kennethwoods.net/blog1/2010/02/17/shostakovich-7-the-city-the-year-the-performance/ Music, opinion, life as a performing musician Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:19:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Greg A http://kennethwoods.net/blog1/2010/02/17/shostakovich-7-the-city-the-year-the-performance/comment-page-1/#comment-86155 Greg A Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:47:26 +0000 http://kennethwoods.net/blog1/?p=1434#comment-86155 "I'm jealous--I'll most likely never get to play this work. But the article is great--perhaps there's a way I can find to share it with my 13-year-old cello players who refuse to sit with good position for a two minute orchestra piece!" “I’m jealous–I’ll most likely never get to play this work. But the article is great–perhaps there’s a way I can find to share it with my 13-year-old cello players who refuse to sit with good position for a two minute orchestra piece!”

]]> By: Kenneth Woods http://kennethwoods.net/blog1/2010/02/17/shostakovich-7-the-city-the-year-the-performance/comment-page-1/#comment-86119 Kenneth Woods Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:50:37 +0000 http://kennethwoods.net/blog1/?p=1434#comment-86119 Readers should check out a post on how I discovered Alexey's work here- http://kennethwoods.net/blog1/2006/07/21/an-instant-connection/ He's got a new show opening in New York this month- New Yorkers should go! Readers should check out a post on how I discovered Alexey’s work here-
http://kennethwoods.net/blog1/2006/07/21/an-instant-connection/

He’s got a new show opening in New York this month- New Yorkers should go!

]]> By: Alexey http://kennethwoods.net/blog1/2010/02/17/shostakovich-7-the-city-the-year-the-performance/comment-page-1/#comment-86117 Alexey Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:47:07 +0000 http://kennethwoods.net/blog1/?p=1434#comment-86117 Dear Kenneth, Of course you may use my photographs for your new blog post about Shostakovich's 'Leningradskaya" symphony. What you do not know, just ' a propos', when I was student and as my parents coulnd't afford to give me any money, I worked every evening after lectures (between 1981 and 1983) in a Grand Hall of Leningrad's Philarmonia, where the music director at that time was Evgeniy Mravinsky and where was performed the symphony n 7 in December 1941 (conductor was Eliasberg). Some of the musicians was still alive and working at that time, staying in line with me to get the salary (that was distributed in cash) to the cashier of the Philarmonia every 5 and 20th of the month... . My job was to open the Hall for public one hour before concert, to change hand made posters about upcoming concerts (all around Philarmonia), to stay in a Hall during the concert (and if there was a late night rehearsal , even after) and, after the last musician has left, to check that there was no any human being inside and then to close carefully all the doors. That gave me a unique chance to attend about 700 concerts and a lot of happiness! Best luck to you too , with Orchestra of the Swan! Alexey Dear Kenneth,
Of course you may use my photographs for your new blog post about Shostakovich’s ‘Leningradskaya” symphony.

What you do not know, just ‘ a propos’, when I was student and as my parents coulnd’t afford to give me any money, I worked every evening after lectures (between 1981 and 1983) in a Grand Hall of Leningrad’s Philarmonia, where the music director at that time was Evgeniy Mravinsky and where was performed the symphony n 7 in December 1941 (conductor was Eliasberg). Some of the musicians was still alive and working at that time, staying in line with me to get the salary (that was distributed in cash) to the cashier of the Philarmonia every 5 and 20th of the month… .

My job was to open the Hall for public one hour before concert, to change hand made posters about upcoming concerts (all around Philarmonia), to stay in a Hall during the concert (and if there was a late night rehearsal , even after) and, after the last musician has left, to check that there was no any human being inside and then to close carefully all the doors.

That gave me a unique chance to attend about 700 concerts and a lot of happiness!

Best luck to you too , with Orchestra of the Swan!
Alexey

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