1 event found.
Events
Smithsonian Associates: The Glory of Russian Masterworks, Lecture 1 – Mikhail Glinka and the Ancient Soil He Sprang From
https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/glory-of-russian-masterworksTchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev: Russia has provided us with some of the most exciting and original music in the repertoire today. Vibrant colors, explosive energy, and passionate emotional drive characterize the works of these composers. Yet this tradition seemed to spring from nowhere barely 150 years ago, expanding meteorically in breadth and national confidence […]