January 28, 1936: The Publication in Pravda of the Article "Chaos Instead of Music." This article signaled Stalin’s displeasure with Shostakovich’s opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and led to the composer’s “redemption” in his Symphony No. 5. This program will explore Shostakovich and the sometimes mutually beneficial, sometimes terrifying, relationship between music and the totalitarian state. Suzanne Vega and Michael Tilson Thomas host. Sunday, July 28, 5 to 6 pm.
Keeping Score: 13 Days When Music Changed Forever, July 28, 5 PM
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