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Saturday, September 19, 2020

Musical Interlude

(For politics, please scroll down)

 
Enjoy Symphony No. 4 by Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936):


I. Andante. Allegro moderato 
II. Scherzo 
III. Andante. Allegro.

8 comments:

  1. While I thank you again for sharing the beautiful, exquisitely-well-orchestrted music of Alexande rGlazunov with us, I just can't broing myself to listen just now so soon after we've experienced a perplexing seismic shift of epic proportions in our national politics with the sudden, ill-timed demise of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a figure whose dubious background and fundamentally anti-American views should have made her ascent to the Supreme Court impossible –– as it would have been in former, saner times before leftist activism tainted our politics and made a mockery of our Costitution.

    Perhaps this evening or some time tomorrow . . . I do greatly admire Glazunov –– a superior, post-romantic musical craftsman with conservative tastes who's music reflects a sanguine outlook and sunny disposition –– attributes most rare in late-nineteenth and early twentieth-century Russian music.

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    1. Franco,
      I queued up this post well before the death of RBG.

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    2. I knew that. I wasn't crticising you for it. I was merely expressing MY feelings about what-I-properly-called "a sudden seismic shift" in our political landscape.

      If, for instance the president had been assassinated, God forbid! I imagine erything ele would immediately have been put on hold. RBG's death is in my view almot in tht dire a category.

      It's very like tossing a hefty boulder into a quiet pond. The ripples will be highly agitated, everlasting and largely inescapable. }:^(>

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    3. Franco,
      I didn't take your earlier comment as a criticism.

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  2. Beautiful, and made a pleasant change from watching the "witch is dead" on continuous loop, awesome as that is.

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    1. LSP,
      Monday is time enough for me to post RBG. My post about the SCOTUS vacancy will be up bright and early on Sunday morning.

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  3. Beautiful AOW... A little Russian music is good for the soul anytime.

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    1. MEDTNER? STRAVINSKY? PROKOFIEFF? SHOSTAKOVICH? KABALEVSKY?

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