Russian composer Alexander Borodin had a hard time finishing anything. His friends had to finish his operas and get them performed, and they've never become part of the standard repertory. But some of ...
Little Gania Borodin had a favor to ask of her famous father: Could she play a duet with him on the piano? Russian Composer Alexander Borodin beamed—it was news to him that his little girl could play ...
The Longview Symphony Orchestra is kicking off its 55th season with a classical concert Saturday at LeTourneau University’s Belcher Center. “It is beautiful classical music through our professional ...
A music critic at the time commented that Russian composer Alexander Borodin’s 2nd Symphony had “the flavor of an ancient Russian epic.” That's fitting, as the composer included unused musical ideas ...
Kismet (book by Charles Lederer & Luther Davis; music by Alexander Borodin; musical adaptation and lyrics by Robert Wright & George Forrest) seems to have mistaken itself at times for a supercolossal ...
From a concert at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, in Interlochen, Mich., a performance by I Musici de Montreal, who stopped by for a visit last summer. The orchestra plays what was listed in the ...
Alexander Borodin devoted much of his life to chemistry and when he died, a few of his works were left unfinished. The instrumentation of his Petite Suite for instance, was completed by Alexander ...