A Rehearsal of Wind Band
Yesterday, near the orthodox church a rehearsal of a performance of wind band took place. The concert will take place on 28th of May, but I could not get tickets for the performance, so it was a good chance for me to listen the rehearsal sitting on the good place.
The band played military marches, Kalinka-malinka, and so on. The peak of this was a cantata "Glory, Glory to you, holy Rus'!" from the Glinka’s opera “Life for the tsar”.
When the cantata was ending, the bells of the church begans to ring. Some people thought that the church was calling people for a service, but I had known said that bells ringing was an idea of the composer. When the rehearsal ended, I saw a bell ringer, a young priest in black, that was approaching to the band-master. It seemed he asked about his ringing. The band-master praised him with great enthusiasm : “Great! It was a splendid ringing! And exactly in time!” The young priest was lighted up. Then it was one more rehearsal. I liked how trumpets, flute, tambours, bells and even guns clatter on bricks merged in this patriotic musical composition.
I like also another patriotic composition of Glinka "Patriotic Song" that was the national anthem of the Russia from 1990 to 2000. I wonder with it was rechange to the Soviet anthem?
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A Wind Band Rehearsal
Yesterday, a wind band rehearsal took place near the orthodox church. The band will play a concert on May 28th, but I could not get tickets for the performance. The rehearsal was a good opportunity to listen to the concert from good seats.
The band played military marches, Kalinka-malinka, and so on. The highlight of the concert was a cantata, "Glory, Glory to you, holy Rus'!" from Glinka’s opera “Life for the tsar.”
When the cantata was ending, the church bells began to ring. Some people thought that the church was calling people for a service, but I knew the ringing of bells was the composer's idea. When the rehearsal ended, I saw a bell ringer, a young priest in black, approaching to the band-master. It seemed he was asking about his bell ringing. The band-master praised him with great enthusiasm, “Great! It was a splendid ringing! And exactly in time!” The young priest appeared to light up.
Then another rehearsal started. I liked how the trumpets, flutes, tambours, bells and even guns clattering on bricks merged in this patriotic musical composition.
I also like another of Glinka's patriotic compositions, "Patriotic Song," which was the national anthem of Russia from 1990 to 2000. I wonder how it changed from the Soviet anthem?
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