a little over 90 years ago the world headed down a road towards what would be a global convulsion of human depravity that would permanently colour everything that came after it.
in fact we are still firmly in it's grip today as we blithely sleepwalk into the maelstrom.
I have never really considered the music of Schostakowitsch but I think perhaps now is the time.
there is much to learn from those who witnessed history and desperately tried to convey their experience of it to posterity.
this astounding performance is a starting place. we would all do well to struggle with it ourselves.