Joh Bruce Yeh founded a chamber ensemble who won a Grammy in 1985 for their recording of this work based on what Rusian folk tale?
John Bruce Yeh John Bruce Yeh (born 1957) is an American clarinetist. He has been the assistant principal clarinetist and E-flat clarinetist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1977. Yeh is the founder and director of the chamber ensemble, Chicago Pro Musica, whose first recording, Stravinsky's "L'Histoire du soldat", won the 1985 Grammy Award for the Best New Classical Artist.
From Jewish Folk Poetry From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79, is a song cycle for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and piano by Dmitri Shostakovich. It uses texts taken from the collection "Jewish folk songs", compiled by I. Dobrushin and A. Yuditsky, edited by Y. M. Sokolov (Goslitizdat, 1947).