Everywhere and Nowhere

9th June 2013

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4th June 2013

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It’s been a while since i posted a recommendation and all things considered (read Benedict’s Star Trek). I thought this one could be fitting and also a bit of a wink ;P

I want to dedicate this recommendation to my dear Deareje, you know why dear ^O^

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(Beware! For those who have not seen the movie this can be called Spoilers XD)

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Borodin. Prince Igor. Polovtsian Dances.

This composition is better know by many by its orchestral version (or better said suffered popularized in many instances…), where the chorus, is cut. In this case we won’t be cutting it since it is what gives us the wink of fun.

Borodin was fascinated with medieval historic Russia and specially those parts of the story with Asian influences and flavour. Yes, what this opera tells happened back then in the XII century, more or less. The topic was suggested to him and his answer was

“Your outline is so complete that everything seems clear to me and suits me perfectly. But will I manage to carry out my own task to the end? Bah! As they say here, ‘He who is afraid of the wolf doesn’t go into the woods!’ So I shall give it a try…”

—Aleksandr Borodin
(Plus fantastic advice right there for all)

He wrote it on and off for eighteen years(he died with it unfinished), because at some points, like this piece, he felt “there was not enough drama”. He had it written, but not orchestrated.

Finally Borodin’s friend Rimsky-Korsakov insisted in having this piece represented and

”’In despair I heaped reproaches on Borodin. He, too, was none too happy. At last, giving up all hope, I offered to help him with the orchestration. Thereupon he came to my house in the evening, bringing with him the hardly touched score of the Polovtsian Dances; and the three of us — he, Anatoly Lyadov, and I — took it apart and began to score it in hot haste. To gain time, we wrote in pencil and not in ink. Thus we sat at work until late at night. The finished sheets of the score Borodin covered with liquid gelatine, to keep our pencil marks intact; and in order to have the sheets dry the sooner, he hung them out like washing on lines in my study. Thus the number was ready and passed on to the copyist. The orchestration of the closing chorus I did almost single-handed…’

—Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov”

Just imagining this scene is hilarious! Who said classic music and opera were serious, measured, calculated and boring?!

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What’s happening here?

Prince Igor and his son have been captured and his captor (yes i’m not mentioning the name yet on purpose) seeing him depressed and wanting to rise his spirits calls into his slaves to dance and sing to them, and what started as a sentimental moment ends up in an orgy of praises to their master, Khan Kontchak. (There, i said it!) And all in eleven minutes.

It is mainly a vibrant dance number with chorus and orchestration. Heavily driven my rhythm, the instrumentation is amazingly clear. Borodin was not really knowledgeable of the rhythms of the Polovtsy, also his movement was against representing explicit ethnicity, preferring representing general melodic influences to link people to the story. He used bright rhythms and tones making those watching really see it was a party and also feel it.

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Borodin himself is quite a surprising and interesting figure.

One of “The Five” of the Russian Nationalist musical movement, he considered himself a “Sunday Composer”. Since his main activity was as that of a chemist and doctor (ex-army surgeon), investigating, teaching and giving lectures, he only composed in his free time.

He was also an active defender of women’s rights. He fought for educational equality and made it happen. Also created the School of medicine for Women in St Petersburg.

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16th May 2013

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In love with the background from the first official site related to The Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug.

The page is not very interesting but this is gorgeous *_*

http://www.thehobbit.com/middle-earth/

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13th May 2013

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In love with this video from the Japanese The Hobbit web page (X.). The extended version of “Far Over the Misty Mountains Cold” over the movie footage, so well edited that some lyrics fall precisely on the exact scene they seem written for, makes it magic.

Japan always gets the best extra content :) The rest of the videos are fantastic too. Love to see BTS footage!

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2nd May 2013

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