As the previous post had mentioned, we have a regular '. . . of the week' slot in the Music Department. Music plays in the foyer, most frequently from a particular composer but sometimes linking to a genre or even of a complete piece.
This week it will be Sergei Prokofiev [1891 - 1953]. Here is a great example of his music, well known from TV now, of The Dance of the Knights - part of his ballet music for Romeo and Juliet.
Prokofiev
was a composer who excelled in many musical genres and was an influential
figure in the 20th century.
His music is characterised by a great sense of the dramatic and often
includes amazing twists of melody and harmony which deviate from expectations
but in a very natural fashion. Arguably
his most famous piece is Peter and the
Wolf – written for narrator and orchestra to introduce the sounds of
different instruments.
He
died at the same time as Stalin and although he did have an obituary in the
official Soviet press it only appeared on page 116, after 115 pages of writing
about Stalin!
On
our playlist are excerpts from Symphony
No 1 ‘Classical’, Piano Sonata No.7,
ballet music Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella, The Love of Three Oranges and Lieutenant Kije.
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