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Episode 3 - Emotions Through Sound

A Thousand Pictures ... of Classical Music by Scott Wilson

Mar 16, 202116:05Music

‘Symphony no. 10’ by Dmitri Shostakovich has a rawness that strikes straight at the core of the listener. It’s full of intense emotion fuelled by the composer’s experience of living under Stalin’s regime. In this episode...

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