Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar" by Dmitri Shostakovich

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Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar" by Dmitri Shostakovich is a choral symphony that sets Yevgeny Yevtushenko’s poems to music in a powerful condemnation of antisemitism, political repression, and historical injustice in the Soviet Union.

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instanceOf choral symphony ⓘ
symphony ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Op. 113 ⓘ
Shostakovich Symphony No. 13 ⓘ
Symphony No. 13 in B-flat minor ⓘ
basedOn poems by Yevgeny Yevtushenko ⓘ
catalogueNumber Op. 113 ⓘ
censoredIn Soviet Union ⓘ
composer Dmitri Shostakovich ⓘ
compositionStartDate 1962 ⓘ
fifthMovementTitle A Career ⓘ
firstMovementTitle Babi Yar ⓘ
fourthMovementTitle Fears ⓘ
genre choral symphony ⓘ
instrumentation orchestra ⓘ
key B-flat minor ⓘ
language Russian ⓘ
movementCount 5 ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 113 ⓘ
orchestrationFeatures extensive use of bass register ⓘ
prominent low brass ⓘ
partOf symphonies by Dmitri Shostakovich ⓘ
politicalContext Soviet Union under Nikita Khrushchev ⓘ
premiereConductor Kyrill Kondrashin ⓘ
premiereCountry Soviet Union ⓘ
premiereDate 1962-12-18 ⓘ
premiereLocation Moscow ⓘ
premierePerformer Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra ⓘ
premiereSoloist Vitaly Gromadsky ⓘ
secondMovementTitle Humour ⓘ
subject Babi Yar massacre ⓘ
Soviet society ⓘ
antisemitism ⓘ
historical injustice ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
textBy Yevgeny Yevtushenko ⓘ
textSource poem "A Career" ⓘ
poem "Babi Yar" ⓘ
poem "Fears" ⓘ
poem "Humour" ⓘ
poem "In the Store" ⓘ
theme condemnation of antisemitism ⓘ
critique of Stalinism ⓘ
memory of Holocaust victims ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ
thirdMovementTitle In the Store ⓘ
vocalForces bass soloist ⓘ
male chorus ⓘ
yearOfComposition 1962 ⓘ

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Babi Yar massacre → inspiredWork → Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar" by Dmitri Shostakovich ⓘ
Babi Yar (poem) → inspiredWork → Symphony No. 13 “Babi Yar” by Dmitri Shostakovich ⓘ
linked to: Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar" by Dmitri Shostakovich
Vitaly Gromadsky → performedIn → Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar" ⓘ
linked to: Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar" by Dmitri Shostakovich
Babi Yar → inspiredWork → Symphony No. 13 “Babi Yar” by Dmitri Shostakovich ⓘ
linked to: Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar" by Dmitri Shostakovich
In the Store → usedAsTextIn → Shostakovich Symphony No. 13, movement about a shop queue ⓘ
subject linked to: poem "In the Store"
linked to: Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar" by Dmitri Shostakovich