Pauline Fairclough, Shostakovich’s ‘Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District’

April 02, 2026 00:41:52
Pauline Fairclough, Shostakovich’s ‘Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District’
Royal Musical Association
Pauline Fairclough, Shostakovich’s ‘Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District’

Apr 02 2026 | 00:41:52

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Show Notes

Prof. Pauline Fairclough (University of Bristol) talks to the RMA Podcast about her new book, an Oxford Keynote volume on Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District’.

The book is available to purchase here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/shostakovichs-lady-macbeth-of-the-mtsensk-district-9780197534939?cc=gb&lang=en&

Pauline Fairclough in conversation with Dan Elphick (RMA communications officer).

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