Podcast appearances and mentions of mikhail glinka

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about the last-minute film added to the Cannes Film Festival line-up.  There's “The Listener's Corner” with Paul Myers, the latest from the Roland Garros French Open, and plenty of good music. All that and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click on the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! 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Email overload!This week's quiz: On 4 May, I asked you a question about the Cannes Film Festival, as a film had just been added to the line-up. You were to refer to our article “French stars Omar Sy and Eva Green part of 2024 Cannes Film Festival jury”, and send in the answer to these questions: What is the name of that last-minute film, and what is the name and nationality of the director?The answer is, to quote our article: “There have been late additions to the festival's line-up in recent days, including The Seed of the Sacred Fig by Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof, who has faced prison time for criticising the government. It is unclear if he will be able to attend the festival.”He was able to attend the festival – as we reported a few days later, Rasoulof left Iran without official permission, after being sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging for national security crimes.As he said at the time: “I had to choose between prison and leaving Iran. With a heavy heart, I chose exile.”Rasoulof, 52, is already known for There is No Evil, which won the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival four years ago, and for A Man of Integrity, highly praised at Cannes in 2018 - but which resulted in a string of travel restrictions, prison sentences and film-making bans in Iran. In 2023 he was unable to take up an invitation to join the Cannes competition jury because he was under detention.The Seed of the Sacred Fig not only won the longest-standing ovation at this year's festival – 12 minutes! – but it won the Fipresci award from the jury of the International Federation of Film Critics, a special award given at international film festivals.  In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question: “What book made the greatest difference in your life, and how?”Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us!The winners are: RFI Listeners Club member Sahadot Hossain from Kishoreganj, Bangladesh. Sahadot is also the winner of this week's bonus question. Congratulations, Sahadot!Also on the list of lucky winners this week is Shivendu Paul, the president of the RFI Metali Listeners Club in Murshidibad, India; RFI Listeners Club member Sakawat Hossain from Sylhet, Bangladesh, and RFI English listeners Babo from the Friends Radio Club in Naogaon, as well as Suresh Agrawal from Odisha, India.Here's the music you heard on this week's program: The overture to the opera Russlan and Ludmila by Mikhail Glinka, performed by the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev; “Watch What Happens” by Michel Legrand, played by Ted Greene; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer, and “Evening”: lyrics by Ann Malcolm, music by Debussy arranged by Tom Harrell, performed by Ann Malcolm and her ensemble.  Do you have a music request? 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Full episode for supporters: https://www.patreon.com/posts/romanovs-1-time-85935162 Or on Gumroad: https://russianswithattitude.gumroad.com/ 00:00:00 - Dynastic crisis 00:07:35 - Feodor I The Blessed 00:15:30 - Death of Dmitry of Uglich 00:18:20 - Boris Godunov & Smuta 00:26:05 - False Dmitry the First 00:32:40 - Invasion of the Pretender army 00:38:00 - Short reign of False Dmitry I 00:42:38 - Vasiliy IV Shuiskiy vs False Dmitry II 00:51:35 - Polish intervention & Rule of Seven Boyars 01:07:00 - Patriots in control: Minin & Pozharsky 01:11:25 - Election of a new tsar (Spoiler: Mikhail Romanov) 01:23:25 - 'A Life for the Tsar' aka Ivan Susanin opera by Mikhail Glinka

Synopsis We probably have the irrepressible playwright, music critic, and ardent socialist George Bernard Shaw to thank for this music—the Third Symphony of Sir Edward Elgar. Shaw had been trying to persuade Elgar to write a Third Symphony, and, early in 1932, had written to Elgar: "Why don't you make the BBC order a new symphony. It can afford it!" A few months later, Shaw dashed off a postcard with a detailed, albeit tongue-in-cheek program for the new work: "Why not a Financial Symphony? Allegro: Impending Disaster; Lento mesto: Stone Broke; Scherzo: Light Heart and Empty Pocket; Allegro con brio: Clouds Clearing." Well, there was a worldwide depression in 1932, but the depression that had prevented Elgar from tacking a new symphony was more personal: the death of his beloved wife in 1920. Despite describing himself as "a broken man," unable to tackle any major projects, when Elgar died in 1934, he left behind substantial sketches for a Third Symphony, commissioned, in fact, by the BBC. Fast forward 64 years, to February 15th, 1998, when the BBC Symphony gave the premiere performance of Elgar's Third at Royal Festival Hall in London, in a performing version, or "elaboration" of Elgar's surviving sketches, prepared by the contemporary British composer Anthony Payne. It was a tremendous success, and, we would like to think, somewhere in the hall the crusty spirit of George Bernard Shaw was heard to mutter: "Well—about time!" Music Played in Today's Program Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Symphony No. 3 (elaborated by Anthony Payne) BBC Symphony; Andrew Davis, conductor. NMC 053 On This Day Births 1571 - possible birth date of German composer Michael Praetorius, in Creuzberg an der Werra, near Eisenach; 1847 - Austrian composer Robert Fuchs, in Frauenthal, Styria; 1899 - French composer Georges Auric, in Lodève; 1907 - French composer and organist Jean Langlais, in La Fontenelle; 1947 - American composer John Adams, in Worcester, Mass.; 1949 - American composer Christopher Rouse, in Baltimore, Maryland; Deaths 1621 - German composer Michael Praetorius, supposedly on his 50th birthday, in Wolfenbüttel; 1857 - Russian composer Mikhail Glinka, age 52, in Berlin; 1887 - Russian composer Alexander Borodin (Gregorian date: Feb. 27); 1974 - Swedish composer Kurt Atterberg, age 86, in Stockholm; 1992 - American composer William Schuman, age 81 in New York; He won the first Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1943 for his Walt Whitman cantata, "A Free Song"; Premieres 1686 - Lully: opera "Armide et Renaud," (after Tasso) in Paris; 1845 - Verdi: opera "Giovanna D'Arco" (Joan of Arc) in Milan at the Teatro all Scala; 1868 - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 ("Winter Dreams") (first version), in Moscow (Julian date Feb. 3); A revised version of this symphony premiered in Moscow on Nov. 19/Dec. 1, 1883; 1874 - Bizet: "Patrie" Overture, in Paris, by the Concerts Pasedeoup; 1884 - Tchaikovsky: opera "Mazeppa" in Moscow at the Bolshoi Theater (Julian date: Feb. 3); 1919 - Loeffler: "Music for Four Stringed Instruments" at New York's Aeolina Hall by the Flonzaley Quartet; 1939 - Miakovsky: Symphony No. 19 for wind band, in Moscow; 1945 - Paul Creston: Symphony No. 2, by the New York Philharmonic, with Arthur Rodzinski conducting; 1947 - Korngold: Violin Concerto, by the St. Louis Symphony, with Jascha Heifetz as soloist; 1958 - Diamond: orchestral suite "The World of Paul Klee," in Portland, Ore.; 1965 - B.A. Zimmermann: opera "Die Soldaten" (The Soldiers), in Cologne at the Städtische Oper; Others 1940 - American Music Center, a library and information center for American composers, is founded in New York City. Links and Resources On Elgar

Un día como hoy, 15 de febrero. Nace: 1564: Galileo Galilei, matemático, físico, astrónomo, inventor e intelectual italiano. 1945: Douglas Hofstadter, científico, filósofo y académico estadounidense. 1947: John Coolidge Adams, compositor estadounidense. 1954: Matt Groening, historietista, productor de televisión y escritor estadounidense, creador de los Simpson. Fallecen: 1857: Mikhail Glinka, compositor ruso. 1965: Nat King Cole, cantante estadounidense. 1981: Karl Richter, director de orquesta y organista alemán. Conducido por Joel Almaguer. Una producción de Sala Prisma Podcast. 2023

16th-20th CenturiesWe hear works by Thomas Stoltzer, Andrea Gabrieli, Stefano Landi, Dieterich Buxtehude, Johann Eberlin, Carlos Baguer, Mikhail Glinka, Arthur Foote, and Jan Bach.139 Minutes – Week of 2022 August 22

Can you imagine five of the most brilliant young musical minds sitting around the fireside, discussing how they could make a new Russian music? What form would it take? What instrumentation? What would the proper influences be? That's precisely what a group of five Russian composers did in the 19th century -- set out to reclaim Russian culture from Western European influence and in the process create a grand, majestic, and distinctly Russian music.   The Russian Five, as they are known, include Cesar Cui, Aleksandr Borodin, Mily Balakirev, Modest Mussorgsky, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Influenced by earlier musical outlaws such as Mikhail Glinka, they brought a sweeping, picturesque programmatic style to the orchestra, often inspired by Eastern legends and Slavic folklore. Their music is full of beautiful melodies and forceful dynamic shifts, often without regard for traditional European rules of composition. More cosmopolitan composers such as Tchaikovsky refined this style, drawing from both Russian folk culture and western harmony, and in the process penned music that is still popular today, such as the Nutcracker Suite and the romance theme from Romeo and Juliet.   Overall, the Russian Five wrote music that stirs the soul while avoiding the intellectual abstraction that Western classical music sometimes tended toward. Consequently, it's easy for the modern listener to get into, and the programmatic nature of the music suits modern film well. It's no surprise, then, that film composers draw heavily from Russian composers (John Williams in particular).    

Em 15 de fevereiro de 1857, morre em Berlim, aos 52 anos de idade, o compositor russo Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, considerado o pai do nacionalismo musical russo e o primeiro músico do país a ser reconhecido no estrangeiro. Seu trabalho exerceu grande influência nas gerações seguintes de compositores da Rússia.Veja a matéria completa em: https://operamundi.uol.com.br/historia/33965/hoje-na-historia-1857-morre-o-compositor-mikhail-glinka-pai-do-nacionalismo-musical-russo----Quer contribuir com Opera Mundi via PIX? Nossa chave é apoie@operamundi.com.br (Razão Social: Última Instancia Editorial Ltda.). Desde já agradecemos!Assinatura solidária: www.operamundi.com.br/apoio★ Support this podcast ★

Since the dawn of the Romantic era, composers have used their music as a means to express their individual nationalities and their hopes for their culture. Consider the nationalism evident in the music of Mikhail Glinka or the activism in the works of Jean Sibelius. Today, composers are still finding new ways to incorporate their ethnic identity and cultural heritage in the tradition of classical music; as evident in the works and influence of contemporary South African composer Neo Muyanga.

Granny MacDuff sits by the fire and reads the classic tale, The Gnome. Three Princesses go missing and three Hunters set out to find them with the help of some incorrigable gnomes! The music used in the week's episode:  Capriccio Brillante on the Jota Aragonesa (Spanish Overture No. 1), for orchestra, G. ii3, by Mikhail Glinka. Casta Diva from Norma, by Bellini. For more Granny, follow her updates at the links below! https://www.instagram.com/fairytalepodcast/ http://storicmedia.com/fairy-tales-with-granny-macduff See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marina Tsvetaïeva (1892-1941) est une poétesse russe qui a marqué tout l'histoire de la littérature russe du XXeme siècle. Son écriture, son féminisme, son indépendance d'esprit et sa bisexualité assumée en font un esprit fort de son temps et un étendard de la poésie russe alors que le pays se recouvre de la chape de plomb soviétique. Pour écouter l'épisode de Toutes les femmes de ta vie de Betty Piccoli sur Marina Tsvetaieva, c'est par là > https://open.spotify.com/show/5HQgNAj5GUHAFYQhr2qI6J?si=eXxIEAWUTA-CFEzbmDe4Kg&nd=1 Musiques Générique de début : Hurricane Season de Trombone Shorty Snami Bog (Liturgie Russe - XIXème) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHERDytuN5M L' Alouette (The Lark) de Mikhail GLINKA par Evgeny KISSIN (piano) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKwVRbIfw1I Musique : The ViIlagestompers Midnight in Moscow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZjYnCkwKcM&list=PLBcHGIe6Gjh8Rt1xVanG_NkiupUo-fA2v&index=3 Glinka - La Séparation, Nocturne in F minor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGj6TvnJt68 Pause musicale : Kino - Пачка сигарет : Pack Of Cigarettes 4:24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g--RqE1zKwc Les saisons - L'Automne - Alexandre Glazounov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHDtrXZUlBs Ben Selvin & His Orch. - Love, Your Spell Is Everywhere 1929 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSQwyjxpNUk&list=PL4ujh6kh2qBOWei9atu1SdB8XHJMCFfT_ Vaqif Mustafazadə - Ürəyimdə görürəm (1972) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftZQ21d8CBg Vaqif Mustafazadə -Düşüncə https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJcKmWuMD6c Pause musicale : Sevil - Ürəyimdə görürəm (Je vois dans mon coeur) (1972) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvvAsDRsFqs Les Six - Elio Antony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgjT32cHENA ELENA FROLOVA chante MARINA TSVETAEVA - '' Madeleine' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMSDeQbph9c Alexander Borodin - Prince Igor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw1weml0-r0 Générique de fin : Rayman Origins Music World Map Sea of serendipity de Christophe Héral et Billy Martin Biblio https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Tsveta%C3%AFeva Marina Tsvetaeva : Une ferveur tragique de Claude Delay : https://books.google.fr/books?id=aUdYDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT83&lpg=PT83&dq=lyc%C3%A9e+Brioukhonenko&source=bl&ots=Z0aYJDu-iF&sig=ACfU3U0kqvvb3f4GxoFCxrwP1DR6CtwvrA&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjz6aqi1vnuAhWOxoUKHQkHDQIQ6AEwBHoECAYQAw#v=onepage&q=lyc%C3%A9e%20Brioukhonenko&f=false Marina et Prague https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/102052-001-A/prague-le-grand-amour-de-marina-tsvetaeva/ Marina en banlieue parisienne https://vimeo.com/94458847 Marina et Meudon https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/100501-001-A/meudon-l-exil-poetique-de-marina-tsvetaieva/ Sur sa poésie et sa vie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kERjN0gZ34A Extrait Extrait docu France Culture Marina TSVETAÏEVA – Une Vie, une Œuvre : 1892-1941 (France Culture, 1991) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kERjN0gZ34A

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Un día como hoy, 15 de febrero. Nace: 1564: Galileo Galilei, matemático, físico, astrónomo, inventor e intelectual italiano. 1945: Douglas Hofstadter, científico, filósofo y académico estadounidense. 1947: John Coolidge Adams, compositor estadounidense. 1954: Matt Groening, historietista, productor de televisión y escritor estadounidense, creador de los Simpson. Fallecen: 1857: Mikhail Glinka, compositor ruso. 1965: Nat King Cole, cantante estadounidense. 1981: Karl Richter, director de orquesta y organista alemán. Una producción de Sala Prisma Podcast. 2021

De zoektocht naar een eigen Russische stem werd in de generaties na Mikhail Glinka voortgezet, met name door Nikolaj Afanasiev (1821-1898). Daartegenover was de iets jongere Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894) toch meer gecharmeerd door de kwartetten van Beethoven, Mendelssohn en iets later ook Brahms. Rubinstein had weinig op met de nationale school die toentertijd met name […]

Een vlugge blik op de cultuurgeschiedenis van Venetië. De borstbeelden van Verdi en Wagner staan gebroerderlijk naast elkaar, met zicht op de lagune. Wagner liet zich graag inspireren door het - toegegeven: toeristische ingestoken - zingen van de gondolieri. Intussen is dit het weekend van Wonderfeel! Met muziek van Mikhail Glinka, Wishful Singing, Dmitri Sjostakovitsj, Richard Wagner, Johan Svendsen, en Kudsi Erguner.

The rousing finale of Mikhail Glinka's patriotic A Life for the Tsar (1836) guaranteed it a place as the traditional season opener in Russian opera houses. A Life was a powerful and attractive presentation of the Romanov dynasty's foundation myth, but it is also considered the first true Russian opera, since its predecessors relied heavily on foreign models. A century later, with a modified libretto and a new title, it was given a new lease on life as an equally patriotic Soviet opera, Ivan Susanin (1939).A lecture by Marina Frolova-Walker, Visiting Professor of Russian Music 20 November 2018The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/glinka-life-for-the-tsarGresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 2,000 lectures free to access or download from the website.Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/GreshamCollege Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greshamcollege Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/greshamcollege

Romantic, 1856-1870: In the 19th century there were two seemingly opposing influences in the world of music. First, the growing tide of Romantic Nationalism was sweeping the Western world as each people group sought ways to express and preserve their cultural identity. Second, the power of the music from the 18th century, especially of the German masters Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, had been burned into the collective consciousness. In Russia, these two forces met in the music of Mikhail Glinka and a group of composers we call “The Russian Five.”

Students learn that composers sometimes use music to “paint” or depict the action, characters, and setting of a story by listening to Mikhail Glinka’s opera, Ruslan and Ludmila. Students also experience how the music inspires creativity when designing their settings and costumes.

Students learn that composers sometimes use music to “paint” or depict the action, characters, and setting of a story by listening to Mikhail Glinka’s opera, Ruslan and Ludmila. Students also experience how the music inspires creativity when designing their settings and costumes.

Performance by Mark Pakman of the Cali School of Music piano faculty

This is my first recording by Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857). Glinka studied piano with John Field and his influence can be felt in this piece. The work is a Nocturne composed for Glinka's sister, Elizaveta. She was away in St. Petersburg at the time it was composed and thus the title, "The Separation" is quite appropriate. I recorded this piece for my daughter, who recently experience an emotional separation of her own. She suffered the reality of watching her beloved snowman melt away as the temperature went up this last week. When she came back in the house after saying her final "goodbye" I played this piece for her and told her it was a song for her departed snowman. The recording was made at home on my studio upright. I hope you enjoy my interpretation of Glinka's "The Separation".