Friday, March 25 Composers Datebook is produced by American Public Media in association with the American Composers Forum with support from the The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. SYNOPSIS: Shostakovich in America … MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY’S PROGRAM: Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975): Symphony No. 5 USSR Cultural Ministry Symphony; Gennady Rozhdestvensky, cond. MCA 32128 …read more.