Symphony No. 12 in D minor, "The Year 1917", is a symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich, composed and first performed in 1961. The work presents a programme tied to the 1917 Russian Revolution and is scored for a large orchestra with sombre brass-led passages, march-like rhythms and an episodic structure, reflecting Shostakovich's later-career engagement with explicitly historical and political themes.
