In this recital program, we see how early 20th Century Russian
composers influenced the music of American composers of the mid-late 20th Century.
Mad Rush
Phillip Glass
Danse Russe from Petrushka
Igor Stravinsky
Stravinsky's Russian Dance (1921) is a rhythmic tour-de-force whose
incessant, driving rhythms can be seen as a precursor to the Minimalist style
of the1980's, represented here by Glass's Mad Rush
(1979). Gideon Rubin
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Igor Stravinsky
Danse Russe, from Petrushka Play
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In this recital program, we see how early 20th Century Russian composers influenced the music of American composers of the mid-late 20th Century.
Mad Rush Phillip Glass
Danse Russe from Petrushka Igor Stravinsky
Stravinsky's Russian Dance (1921) is a rhythmic tour-de-force whose incessant, driving rhythms can be seen as a precursor to the Minimalist style of the1980's, represented here by Glass's Mad Rush (1979). Gideon Rubin
More music by Igor Stravinsky
Rite of Spring
Apollo
Firebird Suite (arr. Agosti)
Danse Russe and The Shrovetide Fair, from Petrushka
Berceuse, from "The Firebird"
Five Easy Pieces
Petrushka (four tableaux)
Suite from Firebird
The Shrovetide Fair from Petrouchka
Suite Italienne for Violin and Piano
Performances by same musician(s)
Embraceable You
Mad Rush
Etude-Tableaux, Op, 39, No. 8 in d minor
Toccata
Lullaby, from Before Sleep and Dreams
Etude-Tableaux, Op, 39, No. 5 in e-flat minor
Etude-Tableaux, Op, 39, No. 6 in a minor
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