World War Two

Season 0, Episode 201

Episode Title: Shostakovich: Stalin's Composer?

Air Date: 2021-08-05

Overview:

Leningrad’s Dmitri Shostakovich has risen from a child prodigy to be one of the Soviet Union’s most celebrated composers, having rescued his career from Stalin’s interference along the way. Desperate to defend Russia after the German invasion, he fights back, not with a rifle, but with music.