Saturday Night Music – Hayato Sumino

Hayato Sumino *14 July 1995

Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937)

Saturday Night Music – The Great Gate of Kiev

The Bogatyr Gates or The Great Gate of Kiev
from Pictures at an Expedition

Modest Mussorgsky (21 March 1839 – 28 March 1881)

Viktor Hartmann (5 May 1834 – 4 August 1873

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Martha Argerich *5 June 1941

Robert Schumann (8 June 1810 – 29 July 1856)

Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886)

Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937)

Saturday Night Music

Maurice Ravel

Martha Argerich

Praise of a 'mad man'

"I only composed one master work, that is the Bolero; unfortunately, there is no music in it", Maurice Ravel once remarked with regard to what is said to have been his master work.

In so far, it had been not consequential if, after the first performance a lady whose name remained unknown cried: "Oh God, a mad man!", the composer had not said she was the only one to understand him, hm?

Well, anyway.

If I told what the Bolero achieves to conjure up whenever I happen to hear its first tone there'd certainly more than one (wo)man understand :) me.

That's why I won't tell.

Instead, I restrict myself to write: Happy birthday, 'mad man'!

And here's ... the Bolero. Enjoy!



... can't get enough? Longing for the finale furioso? :)
Here's Part II: