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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) reply

Shostakovich in 1942

• ... that Dmitri Shostakovich (pictured) said he composed his Piano Quintet to give himself an excuse to travel?

• ALT1: ... that the Piano Quintet by Dmitri Shostakovich (pictured) has been called "the most expensive piece of chamber music ever composed"? Source: [1]
• ALT2: ... that encores of parts from the Piano Quintet by Dmitri Shostakovich (pictured) were requested so often that wags took to calling it "a piece in five movements of which there are seven"? Source: [2], p. 43
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Tomato sandwich

CurryTime7-24 ( talk) 01:38, 6 July 2024 (UTC). reply

• @ CurryTime7-24: Beautiful expansion! I listened to the quintet while I reviewed — such a lovely piece deserving of this amount of detail. The recent 5x is eligible, boasts more than adequate sourcing, and doesn't raise any significant copyvio issues. Some small style issues therein that I would recommend you or another editor walk through at some point. Hook-wise, I would say ALT0 is a little misleading as phrased since he initiated the piano quintet with the intention of traveling to perform the piece, not compose it. You could clarify it or go with ALT1, which is more straightforward. This should be good to go once a QPQ is provided. Spaghettifier ( talk) 20:17, 9 July 2024 (UTC) reply

Let me get back to you later today. Thanks for reviewing! — CurryTime7-24 ( talk) 22:04, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply