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Shostakovich, Dmitri

Russian River: Suite

(Der russische Fluss: Bühnenshow) op. 66 (1944)
Music to the dance ensemble show for voices, choir and ochestra
Duration: 16'
Scoring

1.picc.1.2.1-2.3.2.1-timp.perc:SD/BD/cyms-strings

Abbreviations (PDF)

Publisher

VAAP

Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes / Sikorski for the UK, British Commonwealth (excluding Canada), Republic of Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Israel.

Availability

World Premiere
17/04/1945
Moscow Dzerzhinsky Central Club, Moscow
NVKD Song and Dance Ensemble / A.Stepanov & Yuri Silantiev
Repertoire Note

1.March  2.Choreographic divertissement 'Football'  3.The Battle of Stalingrad  4.Waltz  5.Final Chorus


Incidental music for a stage entertainment to a scenario by Iosef Dobrovolsky, Mikhail Volpin and Nikolai Erdman.


The second of Shostakovich’s three shows for the NKVD Song and Dance Ensemble (the entertainment corps of the secret police) dates from a time when victory seemed altogether likely. ‘Russian River’ is a vigorous piece, consisting of two lighter purely instrumental numbers (a lively March leading to a stirring orchestral gallop celebrating Shostakovich’s favourite sport) and two numbers for choir and orchestra, the sombre symphonic picture, ‘The Battle of Stalingrad’, and a simple patriotic hymn to end.


Note by Gerard McBurney

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