United Nations - From the Sugar Plum Fairy to Musetta's Waltz, the former Soviet republics showed off some brilliant young talent performing Romantic Era greats: Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Puccini. The three-year old Youth Symphony Orchestra of the Commonwealth of Independent States (Cis), conducted by renowned maestro Vladimir Spivakov, ended its program in the 2,000-seat Un General Assembly Hall with the Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever, played in precise marching cadence. Since it was not listed in the program, few among the largely Russian-speaking audience recognized it. But it followed the familiar Victory Day song (written 30 years after the end of World War II by Vladimir Shainsky) which brought the audience to its feet, clapping in unison while archive film of Soviet celebrations at Nazi Germany's surrender in May 1945 flickered on two screens. Not all the numbers were from another era. The concert...
- 5/8/2010
- by Evelyn Leopold
- Huffington Post
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