Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Music is in the soul of Russia

Thanks - you've made my day AGAIN!!!The music down...

2007-03-01T22:34:00.000Z

Thanks - you've made my day AGAIN!!!

The music downloads are fantastic!
Kirsty

sfmike, you were lucky to hear Rostropovich conduc...

2007-03-01T15:33:00.000Z

sfmike, you were lucky to hear Rostropovich conduct two programs with the SFS last year.

As you may or may not know, Rostropovich cancelled his autumn all-Shostakovich performances with Washington's National Symphony Orchestra this past year, while honoring his Paris (and, I believe, Tokyo) all-Shostakovich conducting engagements at about the same time.

It is unknown whether the cancellations were for strictly medical reasons, or whether the cancellations contained a political dimension as well.

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cursed tea, if you haven't looked at it, you may be interested in looking at the Web-site for the relatively new Rostropovich House Museum in Baku, Azerbaijan -- his birthplace. (The museum also honors Mstislav's father and cello teacher, Leopold Rostropovich):

http://www.rostropovich.aznet.org/eng/museum/index.html

Saw Rostropovich at the San Francisco Symphony las...

2007-03-01T02:31:00.000Z

Saw Rostropovich at the San Francisco Symphony last year conducting two different all-Shostakovich programs and it made me reevaluate the composer completely. Rostropovich himself was radiating such energy it was astonishing.

By the way, his wife Galina Vishnevskaya's memoirs, "Galina," has got to be one of the greatest cultural/political autobiographies ever written. Check it out if you haven't already read it.

Thank you So much for posting the interviews with ...

2007-02-28T20:02:00.000Z

Thank you So much for posting the interviews with Rostropovich - they made my day!!
I so, so hope that he recovers and the world can be treated to more of this incredible musician and human being!!