Prokofiev - Symphony No. 6 Mvt 3 | Xian Zhang | New World Symphony (2019) скачать в хорошем качестве

Prokofiev - Symphony No. 6 Mvt 3 | Xian Zhang | New World Symphony (2019)

After settling in Moscow in 1936, Prokofiev worked on a string of large theatrical projects, including the ballets Romeo and Juliet (1938) and Cinderella (1944), the opera War and Peace (1942), and film scores for Sergei Eisenstein’s Alexander Nevsky (1938) and Ivan the Terrible (1944). Prokofiev had not written a symphony since 1930, but he took the opportunity in 1944 to craft his Symphony No. 5, spurred on in part by the wartime success of his younger rival Shostakovich, who became an international icon with his Seventh Symphony that railed against the Nazi siege of Leningrad. Prokofiev had plenty to prove with the Symphony he described as “hymn to free and happy Man,” and its triumphant premiere in 1945 validated his privileged stature among Soviet artists. Prokofiev’s high did not last long: Just weeks after he conducted the Fifth Symphony’s debut, he collapsed from an undiagnosed heart condition and fell down a flight of stairs, suffering a concussion. His health never fully recovered, and it took him two arduous years to write his Sixth Symphony, after needing only a month the sketch the Fifth. The years after World War II also marked a time of increasing pressure for Soviet artists to conform to certain aesthetic ideals, a push led by Andrei Zhdanov, Stalin’s henchman who oversaw cultural activities. Prokofiev’s Sixth Symphony was soon caught in this political snare, even though the reception had been positive following its premiere performances in Leningrad and Moscow. Several months later, a decree from the Communist Party’s Central Committee included Prokofiev in a list of composers whose “works are marked by formalist perversions, anti-democratic tendencies which are alien to the Soviet people and their artistic tastes.” The Sixth Symphony was not performed again in the Soviet Union during the unhappy remainder of Prokofiev’s life, which ended in 1953 on the very same day as Stalin. Forgoing a scherzo, the lively finale lifts the mood, although flashbacks to the earlier heaviness temper the feeling of relief. Originally performed December 14, 2019. #prokofiev #symphony #orchestra Subscribe for weekly instructional videos, performances and incredible orchestral content:    / @newworldsymphony   Visit https://media.nws.edu to sign up for our FREE live streaming platform NWS Inside. Follow New World Symphony: Instagram: @nwsymphony TikTok: New-World-Symphony Facebook: NewWorldSymphony X: @nwsymphony Website: https://nws.edu Powered by Knight Foundation