These selections were a part of a program given at the Michael Fields Agriculture Institute on June 3, 2006. It was played by Hans Goldstein, cello amd Eli Kalman, piano. It was redone in a Finnish program in 2013. Two of the movements (2 and 4) were replaced in this update. The piannist was Ana Peterson.

The Shostakovich has the following tempo headings:

1 Allegro non troppo
2 Allegro
3 Largo
4 Allegro