Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Allegro
Music and Healing • 4m 33s
Dmitri Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony is riddled with despair. Its manic Allegro includes jagged edges, clashing chords and rhythms crashing forward. “Now that,” conductor Sarah Hicks said at the conclusion of the work, “is what anxiety feels like to me.”
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