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| Symphony No. 13 | |
|---|---|
| Babi Yar[1] | |
| by Dmitri Shostakovich | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Dmitri-Shostakovich-1958.jpg) Dmitri Shostakovich in 1958 | |
| Key | B-flat minor |
| Opus | 113 |
| Text | Yevgeny Yevtushenko |
| Language | Russian |
| Composed | 1962 |
| Duration | 1 hour |
| Movements | 5 |
| Scoring | Bass soloist, men's chorus, and large orchestra |
| Premiere | |
| Date | December 18, 1962 |
| Location | Large Hall of the Moscow Conservatory Moscow, Russian SFSR |
| Conductor | Kirill Kondrashin |
| Performers | Vitaly Gromadsky (bass) Basses of the Republican Russian Chorus (Alexander Yurlov, choirmaster) Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra |
The Symphony No. 13 in B-flat minor, Op. 113 for bass soloist, bass chorus, and large orchestra was composed by Dmitri Shostakovich in 1962. It consists of five movements, each a setting of a Yevgeny Yevtushenko poem that describes aspects of Soviet history and life. Although the symphony is commonly referred to by the nickname Babi Yar, no such subtitle is designated in Shostakovich's manuscript score.[1]
The symphony was completed on July 20, 1962, and first performed in Moscow on December 18 of that year. Kirill Kondrashin conducted the premiere after Yevgeny Mravinsky declined the assignment. Vitaly Gromadsky sang the solo part alongside the basses of the Republican Russian Chorus and the Moscow Philharmonic.
- ^ "Dmitri Shostakovich" (PDF). Sikorski Musikverlage Hamburg. 2011. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
Although the Thirteenth Symphony is widely known as 'Babi Yar' Symphony there is, according to Krzysztof Meyer, actually no such subtitle, and the score printed in DSCH New Collected Works Vol. 13 does not show such an inscription.