This piece unusually features two harps, which first play in its second movement, originally titled "Memories."
The first drafts of this piece were set to sections from Psalm 9 chosen with the help of Ivan Sollertinsky. This piece unusually features two harps, which first play in its second movement, originally titled "Memories." The coda of this piece's allegro non troppo final movement quotes the opening theme of Anton Bruckner's Eighth Symphony. A section of this piece contains a pastiche combining a theme from the composer's earlier Nikolai Leskov–inspired opera with the song "You'll Find Me at Maxim's" from Franz Lehhár's The Merry Widow; that section of this piece is a 22-bar march that repeats twelve times, with each instance adding more instruments and volume. For 10 points, what Dmitri Shostakovich symphony contains a theme representing the invasion of the title Soviet city?
The first drafts of this piece were set to sections from Psalm 9 chosen with the help of Ivan Sollertinsky.
Leningrad Symphony [or Dmitri Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony; or Symphony no. 7 in C Major by Dmitri Shostakovich; accept Seventh Symphony or Symphony no. 7 after "Shostakovich symphony"]