This composer's first violin concerto has a scherzo that has been called a "demonic dance," and a G-E-B-B-flat motif opens this composer's cello concerto in E-flat major, which was written for Rostropovich.
The final piece by this composer is a sonata for viola and piano that opens with pizzicato on the open strings. This composer's Suite for Variety Orchestra was for long misidentified as his lost Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2. This composer's first violin concerto has a scherzo that has been called a "demonic dance," and a G-E-B-B-flat motif opens this composer's cello concerto in E-flat major, which was written for Rostropovich. This composer's eighth string quartet in C minor was written as a suicide note and heavily features the D-E-flat-C-B motif that he used to represent himself. This composer set a series of Yevtushenko poems to his 13th Symphony and he included an "invasion theme" in his 7th symphony. For 10 points, name this composer of the "Babi-Yar" and "Leningrad" Symphonies.
The final piece by this composer is a sonata for viola and piano that opens with pizzicato on the open strings.
Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich