Prokoviev -- The Love of Three Oranges Suite

I'm packing three little oranges in my lunch today.

Suite drawn from a 1921 opera. After 1921 Chicago premiere, one critic described it as "Russian jazz with Bolshevik trimmings".

#Prokoviev #LoveOfThreeOranges

https://youtu.be/0eVTR3kYdSw?si=RyQdh4PTrFGLzXca

Prokoviev -- Scythian Suite

https://youtu.be/HtVgWzXGvj4?si=bLIHplcKMe1-FuDP

Underheard, underrated, but overpowering in the best sense of that term.

I had this as a young teenager on a Classics for Pleasure LP before I had ever listened to "Rite of Spring", so I have never thought of it, as I think many do, as "poor man's Stravinsky".

#Prokoviev #ScythianSuite #ClassicalMusic

I enjoy a good wallow in lush romantic music as much as anyone, but sometimes I need something crisp like Prokoviev's Symphony No.1 "Classical". It's also brief, which seems right for posting on Mastodon.

Thanks to @sariash for organizing Symphonic Monday!
#SymphonicMonday #Music #ClassicalMusic #Prokoviev #Neoclassicism
https://youtu.be/uOerZ-ewUcA

Sunday afternoon at Walt Disney Hall for a program of Ravel, Dawson and Prokofiev performed by the LA Phil and conducted by Roderick Cox. Always a joy to hear Ravel’s « Pavane » and « Daphnis & Chloe » in concert 😍

#concert #sundayconcert #laphil #waltdisneyhall #composerlife #ravel #mauriceravel #dawson #prokoviev