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Re: London and Babi Yar
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Alexandros Rigas <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 29 Jun 2000 09:30:47 -0400
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Larry Sherwood <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>...in conjunction with bass Sergei Aleksashkin, played
>Shostakovich's Babi Yar Symphony (No. 13).  I'm not qualified to judge the
>musical performance, other than to say the Babi Yar Symphony had ever so
>much more impact on me than it did on CD.

I had a similar experience with the Babi Yar Symphony when Maxim
Shostakovich conducted the Athens State Orchestra in Athens, Greece a
few years ago.  The Poems were in Greek language with bass I.  Pappas.
A magnificient, unforgettable concert!

Alexandros Rigas
Athens
Greece

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