Friday, November 6, 2009

Romance

I can’t not post this. The fourth movement from Sviridov’s Blizzard (see last post for context). Starts with a grave introduction, but wait for it…



All Russia is in these sounds. Russian culture may be not shiny, but it has depth and sharp focus. I am not just talking about gashmius — mostly about ruchnius.

After all, where did Chabad movement start? :) Sure, it is rooted deeply in Yiddishkeit and its sources, but it used the sparks of a certain land.

P.S. The other advantage of Russian culture is that Russian language allows double negatives.

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