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Monday, November 14, 2022
Classical corner
The first movement of Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms.
This is a great piece. As with most serious music, you need to listen to it multiple times and let it sink in. Stravinsky wrote it in 1930 soon after he had gone back to the Russian Orthodox church, although this work has a Latin text.
Stravinsky is one of my favorite composers. I recollect hearing a selection from The Rite of Spring when I was a kid; even then, I could tell he was a genius, far ahead of his time - perhaps the father of a new time.
I dunno...
ReplyDeleteYou could probably dance the Funky Chicken to it.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great piece. As with most serious music, you need to listen to it multiple times and let it sink in. Stravinsky wrote it in 1930 soon after he had gone back to the Russian Orthodox church, although this work has a Latin text.
ReplyDeleteStravinsky is one of my favorite composers. I recollect hearing a selection from The Rite of Spring when I was a kid; even then, I could tell he was a genius, far ahead of his time - perhaps the father of a new time.
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