Orquesta Sinfónica de la Universidad de Guanajuato
Dmitri Shostakovich
Mario Lavista
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Notable Performances
Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony premiered on December 17, 1953, in Leningrad, conducted by Evgeny Mravinsky with the Leningrad Philharmonic.
Composer Biography
Dmitri Shostakovich composed his Tenth Symphony immediately after the death of Josef Stalin, who had censored and harassed him for years.
Compositional Technique
The second movement of Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony is a musical portrait of Josef Stalin, described by the composer himself.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Mario Lavista considered both rivers and music as "clepsydrae" or water clocks, transforming chaos into order and giving meaning to sound.
Compositional Technique
Shostakovich used a four-note musical motif, DSCH (D-E flat-C-B), derived from the German transliteration of his name, as a personal motto in his Tenth Symphony.
Composition History
Mario Lavista's orchestral piece "Clepsidra" was commissioned in 1991 by the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the discovery of the San Antonio River.
Compositional Technique
Lavista's "Clepsidra" incorporates motifs, phrases, and fragments from his previous orchestral works, serving as a musical repository of his memory.
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