but life in the city never came to a standstill the composer dmitri shostakovich was putting the finishing touches to his seventh symphony due to be performed at the heavily damaged concert hall of the leningrad for the moment society. historians or economy ever was in the audience. she recalls that many people defied the bombings and went to the concert hall to listen to the classical music. people were everywhere. but they were in a quiet the cool in the south and they were on the balcony as you know just a day some people were even the stand in behind this chants those they added that's how my band leader who wanted to he is now using that is the symbolized so we will one of the first of victories is some one by leningrad to address it and they all get out of. the symphony was heard not only in the concert a radio broadcast carried it to the front line of the leningrad. and. germans in the trenches heard it too. late and german soldiers wrote in their diary and they've been amazed by the steadfastness of the people of leningrad. please please. please. please and. my view is that just as