Cover photo by Philippe Bout on Unsplash I’ve been hard at work on music lectures lately, with only a couple of weeks until I present Beethoven’s magnificent ninth symphony to an audience who just a few years ago had only … Continue reading The Potential for Scholarship
performed by the Novosibirsk “Filarmonica” String Quartet (cover image by Zach Reiner) Roslavets again, this time in what I find to be a far more compelling piece. We discussed last week that Roslavets, as if nearly disappearing from the face of … Continue reading Roslavets String Quartet no. 1
performed by Olga Andryushchenko, or below by someone who is not Olga Andryushchenko (cover image by Roman Mavrin) Scriabin’s influence can be heard in earlier works, and a constant search for fresh sound constellations resulted in Roslavets’ invention of influential new … Continue reading Roslavets: Three Compositions
performed by an unknown pianist from some recording I acquired somehow, or below by Irina Emeliantseva Nikolai Andreevich Roslavets was born on January 4 1881 (23 December, 1880 in the Julian Calendar) (possibly) in the Chernigov Governorate (a day less than … Continue reading Nikolai Roslavets: Piano Sonata no. 1
Fugue for Thought 