‘Wall to Wall Behind the Wall’ at Symphony Space

From NYTimes.com:

Conceived and assembled by Laura Kaminsky, a composer and the associate artistic director of Symphony Space, the event touched on universally recognized figures like Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Penderecki and Ligeti as well as major creators who came to international renown as the cold war waned, like Alfred Schnittke, Sofia Gubaidulina, Henryk Gorecki and Arvo Pärt.

But many of the composers represented, like Sergei Slonimsky, nephew of the composer and lexicographer Nicolas Slonimsky, and Josef Bardanashvili, a Georgian active in Israel, remain largely unknown in the West. Segments devoted to Soviet propaganda songs, poignant Jewish songs from World War II and modern jazz from Russia and Romania added variety and context.

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