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Posted: February 07 2014 at 13:28
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The opening piece of music (with the vocals) is something I've heard before in prog music, but at the moment I can't seem to pinpoint the act nor the tune.
Can anyone enlighten me here?
Beautiful piece too.
Before I answer you should know that I did not watch/listen to any part of the games, and you can feel free to weigh that as you decide whether you wish to accept my answer.
The answer to your question is Tchaikovsky.
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Posted: February 07 2014 at 13:40
That is a good guess. He is the national friendly composer of Russia. They won't put Stravinsky (too American), Shostakovich (too depressing) or Mussorgsky (too alcoholic - well, maybe...). Tchaikovsky is a very safe bet...
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Posted: February 07 2014 at 13:42
Well from what I read when Netrebko (the soprano singer) sung, that was the Olympic Anthem. Was there any music before that? Damn I can't fast-backwards the live broadcast!
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Posted: February 07 2014 at 13:48
Just to be snobbish, that's a piece that is the Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens taken from his opera Prince Igor, an absolutely fantastic opera and one of my favorite ones in Russian.
Good that they chose that. A relatively obscure (for the not classical world) composer instead of uber-famous Piotr.
Just to be snobbish, that's a piece that is the Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens taken from his opera Prince Igor, an absolutely fantastic opera and one of my favorite ones in Russian.
Good that they chose that. A relatively obscure (for the not classical world) composer instead of uber-famous Piotr.
I don't consider that snobbish at all, so thanks for enlightening me. I have heard this piece a million times before - in movies as well as in a prog tune. I keep thinking Shadow of the Hierophant and a more obscure one called L'Ultima Spiaggia by an Italian band called Samadhi, but both of those are wrong.... hmmmmm I'll have to put my thinking cap on.
Quite stunning piece though, the original. I had goosebumps during the ceremony.
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Posted: February 07 2014 at 13:56
It does that. Borodin was a masterful composer who composed little, as his main day job, being a chemist, took much of his time (and passion, it seems, since qualified people have called him an important name in chemistry, too).
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Posted: February 07 2014 at 14:30
The T wrote:
Just to be snobbish, that's a piece that is the Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens taken from his opera Prince Igor, an absolutely fantastic opera and one of my favorite ones in Russian.
Good that they chose that. A relatively obscure (for the not classical world) composer instead of uber-famous Piotr.
T, I'm off to see a live screening of Prince Igor, from the Met, here at my local cinema on 1st March... am really looking forward to it.
Incidentally, for those who'd like to get to know Borodin's music a little better for a modest sum, you could do worse than Decca's 2CD 'Essential Borodin'... some very fine recordings of his symphonies and of course, his SQ No.2...
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Posted: February 07 2014 at 14:35
Damn, right now I envy you with all my heart Prince Igor, the Met, awesome. One of my dreams is to one day see either Prince Igor or Boris Godunov live in the Bolshoi or Mariinsky. And any opera in the Met.. (this one is easier to realize)...
I agree with that relatively easy-to-find and good recommendation for a Borodin primer.
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Posted: February 07 2014 at 14:47
Don't worry my friend, it'll be out on DVD/ Blu Ray within 6 months...
anyway, don't they have live opera screenings from the Met at a cinema/ theatre near you? I've got a season ticket for all 10 this year...
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Posted: February 07 2014 at 14:55
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Somewhat close, but not too close.
I went to a live opera last Saturday though. Nabucco. Pretty awesome. Only the second live opera I've ever attended (i've heard so many in disc)...
Saw a Nabucco screening, live from the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden last year... Placido Domingo's first ever performance there...
anyway, I'll get out of this Winter Olympic thread now (being as I have absolutely no interest in it, other than this conversation! )
PS I'm seeing Renee F in Dvorak's Rusalka tomorrow night...
Edited by Jared - February 07 2014 at 14:58
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Posted: February 07 2014 at 15:52
I love me some Olympics. Only chance I get to see some excellent sports that are never televised otherwise in America. Hello Olympics, goodbye outside world.
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