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        • Dmitri Shostakovich

        • Victorious Spring, Op. 72 (1945)

        • G Schirmer Inc (USA, Canada and Mexico only)
          Le Chant Du Monde (France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Andorra, French speaking African countries)

        G Schirmer is the publisher of the work in the USA, Canada and Mexico only. Le Chant du Monde is the publisher of the work in France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Andorra, French speaking African countries.

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        • mixted choir
        • Soprano, Tenor
        • 9 min

        Programme Note

        The third and last of Shostakovich’s light-entertainment scores for the Song and Dance Ensemble of the NKVD (the secret police) includes a couple of catchy settings of lyrics by the popular poet Mikhail Svetlov, and a grandiose rewrite of ‘The Internationale’ for chorus and orchestra. Little is known about this show other than the fact that, as with opp.63 and 66, the well-known writer Nikolai Erdman was involved and the director was the film-maker Sergei Yutkevich for whom Shostakovich also wrote several movie-scores.

        Note by Gerard McBurney

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        1. Song of the Lantern [for tenor and orchestra] (Allegretto)
        2. Lullaby [for soprano and female choir with orchestra] (Andante)