Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Music for the Egyptian revolution

Comrade Talal "recommend listening to Dmitri Shostakovich's symphony no 11 (The Year 1905). Written in the aftermath of the Hungarian revolution of 1956, it embeds revolutionary songs into its narrative in a most moving and exciting depiction of a mass revolt, relevant to what we are witnessing today. A good rendition of the kinetic last movement, named the Tocisn (alarm bell), can be found on youtube in two installments:"