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Shostakovich’s Late Film Scores Saturday, January 29, 2011 8 pm • Mandel Hall University of Chicago Symphony Orchestra music from The Gadfly, Hamlet, and King Lear Hamlet (1964) Grigori Kozintsev, director

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  • Donations requested at the door: $10 general/$5 students

    Event Hotline: 773.702.8069 • music.uchicago.eduRelated film screenings by the Department of Cinema and Media Studies take place on Thursday, January 20 (Hamlet) and Thursday, January 27 (King Lear), both at 7 pm at the Film Studies Center, Cobb 307, 5811 S. Ellis Avenue. Online reservations begin January 3: filmstudiescenter.uchicago.edu

    Saturday, January 29 at 8 pmMandel Hall on the University of Chicago campus1131 E. 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637

    Persons with a disability who need assistance should call 773.702.8484 in advance.

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    Shostakovich’s Late Film ScoresThe Gadfly, Hamlet, and King Lear

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    No other major composer of the twentieth century devoted more of his career to film music than Dmitri Shostakovich. Altogether he composed scores to over 36 films, from New Babylon (1929) to King Lear (1971). While written in a more accessible idiom than most of his orchestral or chamber works, Shostakovich’s film scores nevertheless reveal the composer’s complex and often paradoxical musical personality. Excerpts from three of his mature film scores will be featured on tonight’s program, conducted by USO Music Director Barbara Schubert.