19th century Russian author Alexander Pushkin wrote a book about a bored Russian aristocrat from St.Petersburg and his rather pointless existence …his name Eugene Onegin. It not only became a literary classic, it also inspired many others to write plays, ballets and operas based on it…the best known of which is by Tchaikovsky. I’ve chosen this performance of the Polonaise from the Tchaikovsky opera at the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow in 2000…
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Beautiful! So elegant!
My father's younger sister was a bit like that. Divorced early from a race horses owner she never needed a job nut she suffered mental low spots maybe as a result. She had once been a ravishing 1929 beauty,
rogerbenham
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Apr 10, 2023
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Know this piece well. It is a great piece of music. Wonder how many books will be written about the present Russian autocrat, Putin.
jackjr
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Apr 10, 2023
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A few no doubt!
@Marionville But probably not as many as the extreme autocrats that have preceded him.
@jackjr Hard to say at this point…
@Marionville Had to look this up. Holy cow. [images.search.yahoo.com]
@jackjr …so quite a few already and many more to come I’m sure…
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