#Dsch posts again

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Today Facebook thought it was time to remind me of my Franz Liszt phase 5 years ago...

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Ask Responses: Grand Ballet Competition

What were the results of the Bolshoi competition?

It’s still running, so we don’t know the results yet. I’m willing to be that Khoreva will win though.

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Did Khoreva get disqualified from the Russiaculture ballet? She deleted all her posts and the video she uploaded.

This question was sent in on the day YouTube crashed, so I assume it had something to do with that. The videos are up on her YouTube channel.

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Why did Zakharova expect to see Maria in Romeo and Juliet instead of Sleeping Beauty? Is she going to debut in it soon? I thought Maria has really improved, Aurora is her best classical role yet for me. Also, as a side note, I think her debut in Concerto DSCH was really good, and that she is well on her way to becoming on of the best contemporary dancers at Mariinsky. Now that I think about it, she is one of the most well-rounded dancers in the company.

I think she just felt that the two would’ve looked very organic as Romeo and Juliet. I doubt there was any subtext.

I don’t know if she’s one of the most well-rounded in the company as a whole (some of the old guard have spectacular and varied repertoires) but she’s certainly one of the most impressive young dancers.

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Could you once again translate Maria Khoreva’s video of the russia ballet episode 2? Thank you very much!

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Svetlana once again complemented the technical side of the performance, saying it was very “clear”; She also complimented Shklyarov on his partnering skills.

Maria watched and was inspired by Zakharova’s performance of Nikia when she was preparing for the part.

Elvira Tarasova (Maria’s coach) said that she can feel a connection forming between Maria and Vladimir as partners which makes the performance more interesting.

Tarasova did tell Maria to watch her turn out (I think she said specifically in pas de chat?..) and thanked Shklyarov was great partnering work.

Tarasova said that Mariinsky is the mecca of classical ballet, and that [the Mariinsky style / classical ballet] is defined by, first and foremost, wonderful arms / port de bras and coordination. Without these things one shouldn’t even attempt classical ballet.

Maria said that there are particular parts in the ballet when one doesn’t want to concentrate on the technical aspect (presumably she’s referring to the importance of the emotional component of the role).

Tarasova said that it’s hard to explain to young people, who may not have a lot of life experience, what pain and loss is (when preparing for a role like this one).

I think Shklyarov referred to 8:05 as his favourite part of the performance.

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ok so i'm not quite up for posting much more than a drabble because i hate my writing but it’s 2AM and my brain came up with a snz sound + scenario that i think is very nice so i thought i'd share

Stuck

“mnh-?... hiXZTt!”

Mariah blinked dazedly as Aaron flinched underneath her, jolting her out of the light doze that she had settled into. She moved to pull out their embrace and give him room only for his arm to tighten around her shoulder as his breath snagged once again.

“hi-hih... hISHht!”

This time it was less of a flinch and more of a full-body shudder as her boyfriend tried and failed to fully stifle the sneeze. He paused, still locked in place with Mariah clutched tight to his chest, as he built up for a third.

The sleepy haze all but gone now, there was little Mariah could do but watch Aaron's expression melt into one of pre-sneeze desperation. His dark eyebrows pinched together and his eyes were half-lidded. His nostrils, flushed an irritated pink at the rims, twitched minutely and his upper lip curled up into a snarl as he breathed in and in and in -

And the urge left him. Mariah both saw and felt him droop, the energy and breath that he'd build up for the sneeze leaving him in a heavy, exasperated sigh.

“Bless you...?” She trailed off confusedly. Aaron always sneezed in threes, and while they teased him, she'd never actually seen one get stuck.

Sniffling liquildly, he opened his mouth to thank her when his expression crumpled. Aaron's chest heaved as he gasped desperately, the itch returning with a vengeance.

“HIH- ...hidSCHhieu!!”

“Bless you,” she said again, more emphatically.

Aaron flushed a little, scrubbing viciously at his nose with the heel of his hand and wincing at the slightly wet sound that the motion produced. “...thank you.”

‘No,’ she thought, ‘thank you.’

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The outstanding conductor and Shostakovich interpreter Mariss Jansons has died at the age of 77 in St. Petersburg, according to a family friend. The cause of death was acute heart failure. He was born in Latvia on 14 January 1943.

Mariss Jansons was a graduate of the Leningrad State Conservatory, a student of Yevgeny Mravinsky. In 2005 he received a Grammy Award for his interpretation of Shostakovich's 13th Symphony.

Source: DSCH Journal Facebook page

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Dmitri Shostakovich died on this date in 1975.

At the invitation of Conductor Seiji Ozawa, Galina Vishnevskaya and Mstislav Rostropovich were both performing with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood when Shostakovich passed away. News that Shostakovich had died was received by Rostropovich during the intermission. Rostropovich was scheduled to conduct Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony in the second half of the programme.

See the attached announcement by Seiji Ozawa to the stunned crowd (courtesy of the BSO Archives).

More from the BSO: "At the close of an emotion-packed performance of the late composer's symphony, Maestro Rostropovich, with tears in his eyes, kissed the score and replaced it on the conductor's stand."

See the attached statement by Galina Vishnevskaya and Mstislav Rostropovich regarding the death of Shostakovich (courtesy of the BSO Archives).

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Source

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Me: *opens spotify*

Roomie: oh, you playing a horror game? which one?

Me: no this is Ravel

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Dmitri Shostakovich with French composer Georges Auric and French writer, artist, filmmaker, Jean Cocteau. May 1958. Credit: Pierre Vauthey

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Despite its cuddly appearance

beneath those fluffy feathers, the Shostakovich is what we call

a bird of prey

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Ezinma Ramsay

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1973.

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Dmitri Shostakovich playing 8 of his own Preludes and Fugues, op. 87, from a record released around 1952. Timing below: 00:00 - no. 5 in D major 02:57 - no. 23 in F major 09:08 - no. 3 in G major 12:08 - no. 16 in B-flat minor 23:56 - no. 6 in B minor 29:07 - no. 7 in A major 32:14 - no. 20 in C minor 42:50 - no. 2 in A minor

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NHK Hall - Shibuya, Tokyo

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Shostakovich - 1930s.

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A new, unreleased photographic portrait of Fryderyk Chopin has been found by a Swiss physician, Alain Kohler; this photography was most likely taken by Louis-Auguste Bisson in 1847.