SHASTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 7 (Leningrad)

I know this is rather a large work to program, but I hope you would consider at least to play the final movement. This movement shows how a great city almost torn to threads makes a remarkable recovery and regains its majesty. Listen towards the end of the movement when the brass enter with the opening theme of the first movement. If a true classical music lover doesn't get goose pimples, he's not alive.

FRED GARRISON