Albert
The purpose of this paper is to try to analyse two symphony concerts which are performed by the Danish conductor Thomas Sondergard. The both concerts consist of the pieces of music of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich and his symphonies No. 5 (C mol) and No. 11 (D mol). These concerts do not have lyrical mood, but they draw bright musical picture which is rather dramatic. Abrupt change of rhythms, dissonance notes, dialogues of musical instruments immerse the listener in the world of misery and opposition to the evil. Both symphonies have life-asserting character though.1 The four part symphony No. ...
