Modest Mussorgsky

13 June

Weekly SpinOn:
Floral Fantasies

Gardens, with their bright colors, soft shade, and still ponds, have long inspired composers. They appear in music either as social spaces, where children play and adults gather, or as idealized visions, more dream than description. It’s not incidental that many cultures imagine paradise as a garden. Eden is described…

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19 October

Spotlight Mussorgsky: “Boris Godunov”

Modest Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov” is the only Russian opera that Karajan conducted in its entirety. As a pioneer in performing and recording operas in their original language he managed to assemble a cast...

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