This may be a recording of the premiere of Slonimsky`s 21st Symphony, which took place in the Mariinsky Theater on 17 January 2010 during the `New Horizons` festival under the baton of Valery Gergiev.
The composer says about his 21st Symphony: `... to me it seems that the essence of the symphony is enclosed in the idea that it is a musical diary, without words, about our time and about our very dreadful era.`
which took place in the Mariinsky Theater on 17 January 2010 during
the `New Horizons` festival under the baton of Valery Gergiev.
The composer says about his 21st Symphony: `... to me it seems that
the essence of the symphony is enclosed in the idea that it is a
musical diary, without words, about our time and about our very
dreadful era.`