Gallop by Dmitri Shostakovich Arranged by Donald Hunsberger

Admirers of Shostakovich’s dramatic symphonies and concertos are likely to be unaware that the composer also wrote a very substantial quantity of lighter music as well, never scorning the possibility of creating a hit song. In his early days he composed incidental music and songs for many plays and even created a full-fledged operetta in the 1930s (it has only just turned up, after being lost for many years, and is not even listed in The New Grove Dictionary of Music). He composed film music throughout his career, as well, for both tragic and comic tales. In 1958 Shostakovich returned to the operetta for a full- scale threeact work, Moskva, Cheryomushki (the title refers to a region in the city of Moscow), which opened on January 24, 1959, to substantial success.
Spring Concert “Five Changes” on March 12, 2016
Performed and recorded at Graham-Kapowsin High School, Graham, WA
Conducted by Paul Bain