The first movement of this work, which features a notable snare drum accompaniment, has a 22 measure ostinato, which is repeated by the trumpet and percussion; this is called the "invasion theme", and borrows from the composer's earlier Lady Macbeth of the Mtensk District.
Its third movement sees the winds repeat the violin theme, and was originally titled Our Country's Wide Spaces. The final movement of this piece is marked allegro non troppo and ends with the woodwinds and violins building to an ambiguous climax. The first movement of this work, which features a notable snare drum accompaniment, has a 22 measure ostinato, which is repeated by the trumpet and percussion; this is called the "invasion theme", and borrows from the composer's earlier Lady Macbeth of the Mtensk District. FTP, name this symphony composed in opposition to totalitarianism by Dimitri Shostakovitch, a 1941 work dedicated to a certain Russian city under siege by the Nazis.
Its third movement sees the winds repeat the violin theme, and was originally titled Our Country's Wide Spaces.
{Symphony no 7} in C Major or {Leningrad} Symphony