Talk:Piano Quintet (Shostakovich)

UK premiere?
I have searched the books in my library, as well as online newspaper archives for any details about the British premiere of Op. 57, but to no avail. A 1943 review of a performance at Wigmore Hall with Alan Bush at the piano said that the work by then was "already tolerably familiar".

There are announcements in 1941 of radio performances, but with no indication of performers. Further confusing matters is the likelihood that these were broadcasts of the 1940 magnetic film recording that the Beethoven Quartet and Shostakovich made, which was also broadcast internationally. According to Karina Balasanyan, the Beethovens with Shostakovich and Mariya Yudina also made live broadcast performances in late 1941 and early 1942 for radio listeners in France and Spain.

Any help in determining the date, location, and performers involved in the UK premiere would be gratefully received. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 19:20, 3 July 2024 (UTC)