MUSIC IN STALINIST ERA – DEC. 1
Posted by Jeff on November 30th, 2009
Nadia Francavilla and Simon Docking perform Russian music for violin and piano on Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 8 p.m., Memorial Hall, UNB Fredericton.
Featured composers include Shostakovich, Pärt, Gliere, Schnittke and Gubaidulina; all of whom lived in the Soviet Union during the early 20th century.
There will be a pre-concert talk at 7 p.m. on the political environment that influenced the music featured. Tickets for this concert are $15 general admission, $12 seniors and $7 students, available at the door. For more information, email moth@unb.ca or call 453-4697.
November 30th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Fascinating! If I were in Fredericton I would definitely attend. Life for artists under the Stalinist regime was brutal; and many ended up committing suicide. Trotsky writes about art in e.g. his Literature and Revolution. Some important points he makes are that art should be judged on its own terms and that artistic expression should come from the “bottom up” not the “top down.”