OK, the first week we did contemporary marching band music from Romania, then Evan wrote about weird electronica by Russians (some of them in Russia!)… Then Stravinsky’s RITE OF SPRING. And Hope Hale wrote about the tune, Серёжа Местный - Дети. Oh, and Led Zeppelin and the theremin. Then some Turkish music. Let’s talk about Vladimir Vysotsky and Russian nationalism today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpxxs7JQbrM&list=LL&index=1
He starts off by mumbling something incoherent and ungrammatical, but obvious: He reminds the audience that they’re in Russia, not the Soviet Union. Check out the audience… classic!
By key, by theme, by inspiration, Купола российские is part of a diptych to the song, Кони привередливые…. my favorite Vysotsky song. I wonder which song comes first? It’s about wildness. Don’t gallop!