Great
Very touching stuff. Reminds me that I need to listen to more Shostakovich. So apparently you were gone for a while? Anyway, good to have you back with some new music! Simple but effective orchestration - the few "abrupt", for lack of a better word, transitions from strings to woodwinds really add a lot of colour to the piece. It manages to be grand and sweeping without overdoing it, which is nice when most are throwing everything they can at the listener to overwhelm them. Oops, I think I do that. Haha.
Also, sounds like it would make great videogame music. I can visualize Pokemon jumping around and battling to this music.
Hahahaha just kidding.... Keep up the good work.
--NP