Dmitri Shostakovich–Puppentänze

for string orchestra (2016) | Premiere: North Hollywood High School String Orchestra; Robin Sharp, conductor

Puppentänze is a book of short piano pieces that Shostakovich redacted from his own orchestral, ballet, and film music. The Polka and Lyric Waltz were orchestrated for the North Hollywood High School String Orchestra as part of a two-year fellowship and premiered in the fall of 2016.