1. The Life and Music of Dimitri Shostakovich
... their way back to the opening theme. A solo cellist a mood that seems fragile and then in the very last bars, we hear the "Tah-Dah " motif, now fatefully scored for trumpet and timpani that warns us that the struggle isn't over. The second movement of the 5th Symphony is a scherzo. It's a dance. It's funny. It's a spoof on waltzes. It's also an ... ...
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