For the third year running, the Classics a Day team chose to honor May Day. For the month of May, Soviet musicians are the theme. Last year I posted music by Soviet prize-winners. This time, I’m simply walking my way through the alphabet (Latin, not Cyrillic). The music I discovered proved anything but ordinary. Here […]
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#ClassicsaDay #SovietaDay Week 1
For the third year running, the Classics a Day team chose to honor May Day. For the month of May, Soviet musicians are the theme. Last year I posted music by Soviet prize-winners. This time, I’m simply walking my way through the alphabet (Latin, not Cyrillic). The music I discovered proved anything but ordinary. Here […]
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#ClassicsaDay #SovietaDay Week 5
For May 2018, some of us contributing to #ClassicsaDay decided to mark May Day. Reason enough to post works by Soviet composers. I decided to go a little farther with my #SovietaDay posts and concentrate on Soviet prize winners. Here are the posts I shared for week 5. Jovdat Hajiyev (1917-2002): For Peace, symphonic poem […]
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#ClassicsaDay #SovietaDay Week 4
For May 2018, some of us contributing to #ClassicsaDay decided to mark May Day. Reason enough to post works by Soviet composers. I decided to go a little farther with my #SovietaDay posts and concentrate on Soviet prize winners. Here are the posts I shared for week 4. Boris Lyatoshinsky (1895-1968) – Piano Quintet “Ukrainian […]
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#ClassicsaDay #SovietaDay Week 3
For May 2018, some of us contributing to #ClassicsaDay decided to mark May Day. Reason enough to post works by Soviet composers. I decided to go a little farther with my #SovietaDay posts and concentrate on Soviet prize winners. Here are the posts I shared for week 3. Gara Garayev (1918-1982) Leyli and Majnun, symphonic […]
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#ClassicsaDay #SovietaDay Week 2
For May 2018, some of us contributing to #ClassicsaDay decided to mark May Day. Reason enough to post works by Soviet composers. I decided to go a little farther with my #SovietaDay posts and concentrate on Soviet prize winners. Here are the posts I shared for week 2. Arkady Filippenko (1912-1983 – String Quartet No. […]
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#ClassicsaDay #SovietaDay Week 1
For May 2018, some of us contributing to #ClassicsaDay decided to mark May Day. Reason enough to post works by Soviet composers. I decided to go a little farther with my #SovietaDay posts and concentrate on Soviet prize winners. Here are the posts I shared for week 1. Nikolai Myaskovsky (1880-1950) – Symphony No.21 in […]