The Great Gate of Kiev (Finale) - Pictures At An Exhibition - Mussorgsky

[question everything]

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition - The great gate of Kiev (Ravel Orchestration)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan

[HUAJIAO]

1. I think now it should be called The Great Gate Of Kyiv.

[elleng]

2. Golden Gate, Kyiv

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate,_Kyiv

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate,_Kyiv#/media/File:Golden_Gate_Kiev_2018_G1.jpg

[fierywoman]

3. You know that von Karajan was a Nazi?

https://slippedisc.com/2022/03/can-gergiev-be-fairly-described-as-putins-furtwangler/

I wonder if there's a Petrenko version floating around -- but I LOVE that you made the connection between this piece of music (which I've played an embarrassing amount of times and never made the connection to present day events...) Thank you for this.

[question everything]

4. There were other clips but longer and I liked this one because it is less than 2 minutes

Did not think about von Karajan, though...

[RainCaster]

5. My favorite movement is the Hut of Baba Yaga

Seeing that hut in my mind makes the music even more dramatic.