Dmitri Shostakovich's powerful Seventh Symphony was written during the devastating World War II siege of Leningrad. Hear Mariss Jansons lead the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Shostakovich's "Leningrad" Symphony -- the powerful single work on the Los Angeles Philharmonic concerts over the weekend -- comes with lots of extraneous weight.

Review: ASO focuses on percussion for ‘Leningrad’ symphony by Shostakovich ...

A year into the siege of Leningrad, a haggard group of musicians defiantly — and improbably — performed Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7, which was dedicated to the suffering city.

click to enlarge. Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson, Candlewick Press, 464 pages. $25.99.

In “Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad,” Anderson tells the story of the Russian composer and his most legendary work, a symphony credited with ...

But in 1941 he wrote his seventh symphony, more commonly called "The Leningrad Symphony" about the city of his birth. It was besieged by Hitler's troops and the population was starving.

Music Director Rossen Milanov and the Columbus Symphony begin 2019 with a performance of Shostakovich's iconic Leningrad Symphony inspired by Nazi Germany's siege of the city during World War II.

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Hirst, creator of Vikings and The Tudors, is taking on one of the most epic and tragic events of World War II, the 872-day blockade of Leningrad.