Symphony No. 6 (Prokofiev)

The Symphony No. 6 in E flat minor, Opus 111 by Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev ( premiered in Leningrad on October 11, 1947) is the tragic counterpart to the Fifth Symphony and is to this in the same proportion as Shostakovich's Eighth to the Seventh.

The general affirmative, heroic- patriotic and musically accessible character of the previous work assumed the composer on the ground, after the joy of victory in the "Great Patriotic War " in this symphony to commemorate also the terrible losses that had caused this. In addition, the opus number 111 for a long time had as pianist famous composer an important personal meaning: He revered the Piano Sonata No. 32, Op 111 by Ludwig van Beethoven in such a way that he had already taken their structure in his Second Symphony. The 6th symphony is in three movements and is reminiscent of the symphonies of Arthur Honegger. The total duration is about 35 minutes.