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Houston Symphony

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Length: 04:58:04

Spring for Music showcases some of North America’s most exciting orchestras at Carnegie Hall. In Program 1, the Houston Symphony performs an all-Shostakovich program including a rarity, Anti-Formalist Rayok, a protest piece that was not performed publicly until the Soviet Union was self-destructing. Also on the program is Shostakovich’s iconic Symphony No. 11. Music director Hans Graf conducts, with bass soloist Mikhail Svetlov. Available May 8, 2012 Read the full description.
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Spring_for_music_small Spring for Music showcases some of North America’s most exciting orchestras at Carnegie Hall. In Program 1, the Houston Symphony performs an all-Shostakovich program including a rarity, Anti-Formalist Rayok, a protest piece that was not performed publicly until the Soviet Union was self-destructing. Also on the program is Shostakovich’s iconic Symphony No. 11. Music director Hans Graf conducts, with bass soloist Mikhail Svetlov. Available May 8, 2012

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Timing and Cues

SPRING FOR MUSIC - HOUSTON SYMPHONY May 7, 2012 Conductor Hans Graf

00:00:00-00:36:01 First Section Shostakovich - Anti-Formalist Rayok

00:36:00-00:37:00 One minute break with music bed
outro to break: "This broadcast is a production of WQXR in New York."

00:37:00-02:08:29 Second Section Shostakovich - Symphony No.11 The Year 1905
Encore: Anatoly Lyadov - Baba Yaga Opus 56

02:08:29-02:09:29 One minute break with music bed
outro to break: "This broadcast is a production of WQXR in New York"

Optional fill to 3 hours

02:09:29-02:59:00 OPTIONAL FILL - preview of Spring for Music 2012 concerts
"This broadcast is a production of WQXR in New York."

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119 minute version cues

Houston:

SPRING FOR MUSIC – May 7, 2012

Houston Symphony – Hans Graf, conductor

00:00:00 - 00:32:07 First Section

Shostakovich – Anti-formalist Rayok

with Mikhail Svetlov, bass

00:32:08 - 00:33:08 One minute break with music

cue to break - "This broadcast is a production of WQXR Radio in New York."

00:33:09 - 01:58:59 Second Section

Shostakovich – Symphony No. 11, “The Year 1905”

Out cue for end of credits –

"The broadcast is a production of WQXR Radio in New York."

Musical Works

Title Artist Album Label Year Length
Antiformalist Rayok SHOSTAKOVICH 00:00
Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 103, "The Year 1905" SHOSTAKOVICH 00:00