The Keys to Russian Music

September 21, 2020December 12, 2007 by Reynolds

What’s this program about?

Russian music has tremendous audience appeal. Tulsa Symphony Its sources are the very cornerstones of Old Russian Culture: the Orthodox Church, Russian history, Russian fairy tales and folklore, and Russia’s position between West and East.Liturgical chants and bells reverberate in the music of Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, and Rachmaninov.Russian history and literature inspire the operas Prince Igor and Khovanshchina.

Works discussed: Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian Easter Overture; Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition, Prelude to Khovanshchina; Borodin, Prince Igor, Polovtsian Dances.

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