This composer wrote his Fifth Symphony as a response to criticisms about his opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.
The dedicatee of this composer's first violin concerto wanted the orchestra, not the soloist, to start the finale, due to the sheer difficulty of the cadenza that ends the preceding third movement, a passacaglia. This composer told the Beethoven Quartet to play his last string quartet so that the audience leaves out of boredom; that piece has six movements all marked Adagio. A C-minor waltz is included in this composer's second (*) Jazz Suite. Many of his works use a recurring D, E-flat, C, B motif. This composer wrote his Fifth Symphony as a response to criticisms about his opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District. For 10 points, name this composer whose fifteen symphonies include the Leningrad.
The dedicatee of this composer's first violin concerto wanted the orchestra, not the soloist, to start the finale, due to the sheer difficulty of the cadenza that ends the preceding third movement, a passacaglia.
Dmitri Shostakovich [or Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich]