March 18th

Thomas Pitts Asia, Europe, Music, Russia March, Rimsky-Korsakov, The Five

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 18 March 1844 – 21 June 1908

Sadko Chanson Hindu

Scheherezade Op.35 Lento - Adagio

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
By Valentin Serov – The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=156413980

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was a Russian composer famous for his colourful and imaginative music. He was part of a group called The Five, who wanted to create a unique Russian style of classical music.

Although he started his career in the navy, music was his true passion. He became a professor at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, where he taught many future famous composers.

Rimsky-Korsakov is best known for pieces like Scheherazade, Flight of the Bumblebee, and Capriccio Espagnol. His music often told stories and used rich orchestral sounds, making it exciting and magical to listen to.

10 March

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) – Op. 36: Russian Easter Festival Overture

Thomas Pitts Easter, Music Rimsky-Korsakov

Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov 18th March 1844 - 21st June 1908

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
by Valentin Serov – The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8942139

Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov was a Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as The Five. His best-known orchestral compositions – Capriccio Espagnol, the Russian Easter Festival Overture, and the symphonic suite Scheherazade – are well-known pieces of classical music, along with suites and excerpts from some of his 15 operas.

Russian Easter Festival Overture: Overture on Liturgical Themes, also known as the Great Russian Easter Overture, was written between August 1887 and April 1888. It was dedicated to the memories of Modest Mussorgsky and Alexander Borodin, two members of the group of composers known in English as The Five.

It is the last of what many call his three most exceptionally brilliant orchestral works, preceded by Capriccio Espagnol and Scheherazade. The work received its premiere at a Russian symphony concert in St. Petersburg in late December 1888.