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wishers ig kozintsev ds oh how is he ig alright no younger working on lear ds does he want me ig you are his first choice ds how can i commit is he close to shooting ig he s ds i might die before they ever play my symphony how can i think about film music ig he d just like to talk some things over ds i don t have the capacity i keep playing the symphony again and again maybe it won t fall out of my head then if they lose it maybe i can write it out again but if i die what then no score no composer what if i go i wait to be taken in the night but you don t know when that particular visitor doesn t do the courtesy of knocking on the front door ig alright no plans kozintsev will wait but i don t think talking about tomorrow or next month or even next year will make them less likely to happen i ll leave this with irina antonovna and if you want to look then that s up to you glikman steps out of the room to see irina ig he s in a state is i know it s hard to see him like this it s getting hard there s a knock at the door is now who could that irina opens the door it s maxim and his young son dmitri is maxim how good to see you and little mitya too little mitya hello irina antonovna is what excellent manners ms i think they skipped my generation apologies for not phoning ahead is you wouldn t have got through it s barely stopped ms and isaak davidovich this is a fine little reunion ig we seem to be called together at such moments ds joins them in the hall little mitya dedushka ds maxim and little mitya are you scoring lots of goals for me little mitya some but i like being in goal ds good that was my position once upon a time ds pats little mitya on the head ds a fine lad what a fine lad is won t you come and have some tea as the visitors head into the apartment ds turns to glikman ds you know when i see little mitya i remember that when i m gone i won t really be gone scene 6 at a rehearsal for the 14 th symphony barshai is conducting the moscow chamber orchestra in a large rehearsal room ds and irina are sitting behind is rudolf borisovich says the run through is confirmed for 21 st june ds it ll be heard at least once then is the first of many mitya barshai is seen conducting the orchestra ds is captivated barshai stops the orchestra and a hand is seen prodding him sharply in the back he looks around with real surprise ds is grinning standing behind him ds keep going i never imagined it would sound this good scene 7 at the shostakovichs moscow apartment ds is standing looking at the front door he looks down at some papers he is holding he then rubs his face and has an anguished expression ds is there time for patience no i d have a drink if only dr ilizarov hadn t been quite so firm about it ds puts down the papers and picks up a tie putting it around his neck he motions to the paper and says ds did you have a look my notes is i did there are some powerful things there ds hopefully it ll convince one or two sceptics to humour me for an hour or so just as long as i don t lose my voice ds fumbles with his tie is here irina comes to tie it for him ds oh it isn t usually this bad is mm though this is a particularly special one ds it is you know i think it s my best i think it might also be my last is you ve said that before ds i feel i might not have any choice in it this time is you ve said that before too irina straightens his tie and buttons his jacket ds irischka what would our lives have been like if we could have met when we were both young is well you d have been able to tie your own tie and there d have been nothing for me to do ds you might have had a family of your own is mitya you re my family ds smile gently is now come on let s go and hear it scene 8 the small hall of the moscow conservatory we see ds sitting looking anxious is it s alright mitya there are friends all around ds looks surprised he turns and sees aram khachaturian ak we wouldn t miss this my old friend slava rostropovich and galina vishnevskaya are beside khachaturian gv hello dmitri dmitrievich is did you see maxim over there maxim waves is and look kirill kondrashin and grigori kozintsev too kondrashin and kozintsev wave further away khrennikov is sitting with pavel apostolov khrennikov who s he talking to now pavel can you see i can t see apostolov no i can t at that moment barshai walks on to the stage bows and gestures to ds ds stands turns sideways and speaks to the audience he is holding a folded piece of paper in his hand ds we we are going to rehearse my my 14 th symphony audience member is that shostakovich speaking audience member 2 shush i can t hear what he s saying ds i would like to say a few words about this piece err there are 11 poems i m not going to read them i read out badly but this is the gist khrennikov what s the matter with you apostolov i don t feel so good ds the first two are by federico garcia lorca de profundis is about the very severe and threatening calm that you find in graveyards then malaguena a spanish dance happens at a tavern where there are drunken fights knives are drawn and death comes in and reaps his bloody harvest after this are six poems by guillaume apollinaire lorelei lives for love but is a sentenced by judges and a bishop to imprisonment in a convent but she escapes and falls into the rhine where she imagines that her beloved is waiting for her after this comes the suicide about the suffering and torments of a man who takes his own life in on watch a bullet catches up with a soldier his beloved has a premonition about it the next poem seems to be about the same woman who hysterically mourns her lost love the seventh poem also by apollinaire is a noble and decent protest against injustice the next poem is by wilhelm kuchelbecker the russian decembrist poet it s a message to his friend delvig about the beauty of many things creative work the struggle for great ideals and friendship oh and i forgot before that there is a is the letter from the zaporozhian cossacks to the sultan of constantinople which expresses great outrage and hatred towards everything that is evil base dirty and repulsive the penultimate poem grieves for a great poet who had just passed away and this little poem tells us that death is lying in wait for us everywhere you are probably wondering why it should be that i have suddenly decided to devote so much attention to such a cruel and terrible phenomenon as death these things play on the mind i am not so old i suppose but i feel the shells are falling closer and closer to me and taking with them friends and dear ones we see ivan sollertinsky and all this reminds me constantly of those words of nikolai ostrovsky that life is given to you only once and it needs to be lived honestly beautifully in every respect and in such a way as to not do anything shameful we see nina shostakovich with ds half in the frame when writing this symphony i thought of the death of boris godunov when godunov is finished off a moment of lightness seems to set in this comes i think from religious beliefs which i do not share though life may be bad when you died everything would be alright and you could expect complete peace in the next world death terrifies me because i see nothing beyond it we see a number of the babi yar jews i myself feel closer to mussorgsky whose cycle songs and dances of death is a great protest against death and a reminder that one should live one s life honestly nobly and decently and never do anything bad for alas it will be a long time before our scientists figure out immortality and death awaits us all i see nothing good about such an end to our lives we see irina as a child with her parents we are going to play the symphony now and i must ask you to be very quiet as we wish to record it to see what problems there are i am sorry for this ds sits down he smiles to irina and takes her hand then he waves to barshai who is ready to start on the stage barshai conducts the bass sings the first song then we see apostolov in the audience who is looking very ill khrennikov what has got into you apostolov suddenly stands clutching his chest with a pained expression on his face and bulging eyes he reaches the aisle and staggers for the exit there are gasps and mutterings from the audience the performance continues in the hall foyer apostolov falls to his knees and then lands face down on the floor he is dead as he falls and dies we see the performance come to an end in the hall with strings scrubbing and barshai s wide eyes in close up his hand is raised there is silence ds s head drops in seeming exhaustion then there is great applause ds rises to his feet and moves slowly to the stage he goes onstage and bows when he returns he thanks some people as he passes them his attention is drawn to a developing crowd at the back of the hall ds ira what s going on at the back is isaak says it s pavel apostolov he had a heart attack he s dead ds what oh no no that s not what i wanted not at all my goodness is it s not your fault ds i didn t ask for this can t we talk about death without being dogged by it in the foyer amid a crowd apostolov s covered body is being taken away on a stretcher on one page we see a number of shostakovich s relatives and friends and each is speaking about what they have just heard maxim is speaking to his wife maxim my god do you think the music did that he hounded father you know grigory kozintsev is speaking to an unseen companion kozintsev there were so many images in there i suppose that s the film maker s curse but i need time to work through it all kondrashin is speaking to a companion kondrashin his way with humour amazes me how did do it in this of all pieces companion i m sure i heard some dancing skeletons kondrashin exactly galina vishnevskaya is speaking to mstislav rostropovich vishnevskaya it s all so unspeakably tragic but true no i can barely wait to sing it ds is being congratulated by members of the audience irina handy back glikman and irina speak ig i haven t had the pleasure of seeing this one being created is you see the bits and pieces but you can t imagine what it is until well now ig it s beyond our comprehension yes i think he s made a mighty tombstone but it isn t impassive it grips me and forbids me to blink and where ever i go i ll carry it with me it s for all those who don t have a grave of their own i think is now they have this ig let s hope it lasts and very long time is mm i m sorry isaak davidovich my head is swimming with many things ig it s alright it takes a lot of strength to be this close to the flame is it s not that i m just overwhelmed by thoughts and memories ig there s much to say but maybe away from so many burning ears ds is standing in the crowd and is approached by khachaturian ak dmitri dmitrievich remarkable i m awed and shaken in equal measure ds thank you aram il yich thank you just then some other people approach congratulating ds he thanks them when the leave ak leans in ak what do you see when you imagine death ds well i er ak we ve seen him you and i although not for he abruptly straightens and smiles and more people pass nearby ak yes dmitri dmitrievich we must speak more about the orchestration as the people pass away ak leans back in conspiratorially ak what i mean to say is he had a face we saw him you and i and i might have thought him immortal had i not seen his open casket more well wishers pass and when they ve gone ds realises that ak has vanished irina meets him is i can go and bring the car round now unless you want to stay are you alone ds aram khachaturian and i were just reminiscing but he s gone is apostolov still out there is i saw an ambulance but ds i think i d just like to go home now i ve summoned something and i d like to slip out before it sees me irina takes ds s hand and they smile to each other we see glikman standing apart and looking on at them he has a melancholy expression scene 9 outside the hall ds gets into the waiting car ig is already waiting inside barshai comes out to see him off kondrashin is there also barshai speaks briefly to irina rb is he happy do you think is he is very happy but tired rb i m so thrilled is he ll be in touch soon irina gets into the front of the car and barshai and kondrashin wave it off kondrashin good job rudik good job scene 10 in the car ig there s another of your wonderful symphonies in the world will you have a drink to celebrate ds i mustn t and they might still refuse permission ig ach not now every writer and musician in moscow was there is and many asked me to pass on their congratulations ds they re all too kind of course ig anyway there s no way our esteemed colleagues at the composer s union will want to spread the rumour that your symphonies are fatal for officials ds please don t even joke about it ig i m sorry but i did tell you there d be surprises to come ds i surprised myself most of all i d so convinced myself i d go before hearing the thing that i can barely believe i m still here is well i think we should have a drink to more surprises and it ll count even if you stick to water ds good surprises only i don t like the bad sort no more of those please ig of all the people though you have to admit there s certain poetry to it ds no there is no poetry in death that s still a soul that s gone forever and it isn t for me to judge its value it can strike at any moment we are never safe all any of us can do is work and keep on working and die with our boots on that s important i mean to live by this rule he looks out the window in the morning i think i might ring rudolf borisovich i ve an idea i d like to set some more poems soon and there s king lear to think about pause you know what i think i might have a little drink after all the car drives through moscow the end posted by andrew morris at 12 07 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday 14 march 2021 sleeping forever beneath the dry earth part 4 here is part 4 of my written but as yet unillustrated graphic novel about shostakovich in the 1960s sleeping forever beneath the dry earth it includes an interlude set in 1965 which i m not sure if i ll keep incidentally a version of the final speech of part 4 was the first bit of the whole book i ever wrote i was sitting on the steps of the albert hall in london in the summer of i think 2016 queueing for a bbc prom concert if you ve landed on this page and want to start from the beginning of the book click here interlude 1965 at shostakovich s moscow apartment ds is in his study he is standing at his desk holding the pages of a letter in one hand ds to himself really just really irina enters holding some papers irina are you talking to me mitya ds briefly still reading how can irina have you seen this irina no i haven t started intercepting your mail ds tischenko s gone too far i need to tell him irina sits putting down the papers irina what does he say ds he s been lecturing 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