Alexander Borodin: Composer & Chemist [The Mighty Handful, Pt. 3/6]

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[@ClassicalNerd]

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, I rushed my filming and production schedule, and as a result, not all of my current patrons are included in the end screen. I'd like to extend my heartfelt thanks to new patrons *Alexandre Martins, Bob Sauerbrey,* and *Jim Storch* for their support. (I promise this will be up-to-date in the next video!)

[@krvr989]

Swear to god this is the most underrated music channel i have ever seen

[@ethanpister]

Incredibly underrated channel. Don’t stopping churning out this content, you’re going to make it big.

[@DavidA-ps1qr]

Thank you for this latest video, I'm now well & truly Borodin'd up! I still am in total awe as to how many facts you manage to get out in such a short space of time. It's unbelievable. This series is fast becoming iconic. Looking forward to Episode 4 very much indeed.

[@asa.pankeiki]

Did this guy just end toxic masculinity? ...In 19th century Russia???

[@ClassicalNerd]

Just imagine Borodin T-posing to assert dominance

[@00bean00]

Short for Transposing, of course, to assert the V

[@fredhoupt4078]

Just so delightful. I was as it happened playing the "Petite Suite" for piano version this morning. A great shame that he was not more focused and devoted to his very gifted musical talents. Such wonderful music.

[@olgaustuzhanina6395]

God, what an amazing dude. I need to listen to more of his stuff

Hos output isnt as great as say, Tchaikovsky or Rimsky-Korsakov, but the pieces he managed to produce on his free time is absolutely wonderful! The greatest melodist of the mighty handful, in my humble opinion

[@brendaboykin3281]

Hi CN, new Subbie here. Loving your videos. Amazing music appreciation course, with plenny plenny humor! Thanx for educating this Jazz musician. Further success in 2021.🌹🌹🌹

[@raideaux]

Thank you for explaining Borodin's life. 🙏

[@wolfgangresch1650]

Thanks brother, for absolutely AWESOME videos!! We are SO thankful!! Such great research of all these great composers!! Borodin had that BEAUTIFUL fund of melody, despite his inexperience ♥️♥️♥️ that's why he's still so popular!! thanks again 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❣️

[@PastorB1978]

Thank you for sharing his Nocturne, I’ve enjoyed this piece for many years.

[@garywebster3585]

This mini series on the handfull has opened my ears to 19th century russian music. Great stuff.

[@00bean00]

Pardon, as a new comer to this channel, is that closing theme from Borodin's works or a channel theme?

[@robertshapiro3733]

Thank you, Thomas, for covering one of the outstanding composers whom, like Les Six, formed part of a nationalistic ecole of their own musically and philosophically influenced aspects unique to their own histories. Indeed, The Mighty Five and Les Six were compared to each other on the part of the Journalist, Henri Collet, who named Les Six, anticipating that the comparison between the French counterpart would help to make them more popular as the The Russian Five by the time of WW1 was institutionalized in the way that the music of Les Six would be generally accepted as helping to kickstart a truly French music Initiated by the German invasion of France which caused a certain revulsion towards Teutonic ideals following the onset of the bloody warring that would shock the entire world.

[@yolainesene8691]

Thank you

[@karlseminaro7824]

Can talk about, medtner, myaskovsky and glazunov?

[@ClassicalNerd]

I did Medtner a while back (albeit two sets ago and with poorer production quality). Nikolai Myaskovsky and Alexander Glazunov are now 364th and 365th in the request pool, respectively: lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.html

[@scriabinismydog2439]

I also request Myaskovsky

[@ClassicalNerd]

Duly noted. Please note that you now have five requests active, so I can't take any more requests from you until one of those five (Fux, Nietzsche, Myaskovsky, the "Black Mass" Sonata, or Wozzeck) is completed.

[@scriabinismydog2439]

@@ClassicalNerd thanks for the information, I'll keep that in mind

[@ine6149]

make one of Arvo Pärt plss

[@ClassicalNerd]

My policy is to not cover living composers because their careers are ongoing (thus making retrospectives go out-of-date almost immediately).

[@marcus8258]

Poor Borodin! Another really well researched and interesting video. Great work!

[@gpcrawford8353]

A team working under Borodin was credited with naming cholesterol and the effect on the human body

[@schniT_T]

Thanks so much. This really touched me

[@emilynightingale7758]

many days have i awaited this video...

[@karlseminaro7824]

Thank you!😁

[@hnywening6080]

Thank you for your excellent work! Could another bookshelf tour be worth while?

[@ClassicalNerd]

Possibly ... I hesitate to do one because my personal collection hasn't grown all _that_ much; a good half of the books on this shelf are actually my roommate's. Also, I filmed a bunch of these videos before quarantining at my parents' house in a safer part of the country, so I'm in no position to do one anytime soon anyway.

[@stevekudlo1464]

Funny and beautiful!

[@gabrieltafarel]

Have you read all the books behind you?

[@ClassicalNerd]

No, because a good chunk of them are my roommate's and I've only read a handful of his.

[@gabrieltafarel]

@@ClassicalNerd just discovered your channel, dude, I'm really impressed for the quality of the content, a rare kind on KZbin

[@NiaImaniFaith]

Ummm this is amazing !!!!!!

[@ClassicalNerd]

Nia!! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@scriabinismydog2439]

I find really interesting that some composers/musicians were also scientists or had some interest in scientific subjects or vice versa... Saint Saens, Albert Einstein (which was friends with Godowsky and Leo Ornstein!), Sabaneyev

[@kwabzycomposer]

If you're looking to do any upcoming vids on the "Great Composers" series, I would love if you could do one on either Leonard Bernstein, John Williams or Martin O'Donnell.

[@ClassicalNerd]

You're the eighth to request Bernstein [ lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.html ]. The others have not been added on account of my policy against covering composers with ongoing careers (which all but rules out living composers). Technically, I consider all the composer biographies I do to be a part of this series (as they go on the _Great Composers_ playlist) but I've not titled a video as such since February 2019 in order to add a little variety to the channel.

[@00bean00]

Bruce Broughton

[@rolandjreige1503]

use more visual support about the topic in your videos (images, videos, and other things you can imagine...) it is so boring to watching you talking for this long

[@ClassicalNerd]

I have score examples and pictures of the composers and other figures (in both music and chemistry) that I mention. What more could be included? A visualization of the Hunsdiecker reaction?

[@necroyoli08]

@@ClassicalNerd Maybe you could have Pixar superpose 3D animations of the oscillating tempered frequencies involved to the music... cause it's so boring not to have some awesome, yet informative visual element when facing the burden of having to listen.

[@DavidA-ps1qr]

You appear to have an attention span issue if you can't listen to someone talk for 15 minutes. Do you have the same problems with Mahler Symphonies?

[@melovebass178]

@@ClassicalNerd Honestly l like the lecture vibe these videos have without too many visuals. It sets you apart from other creators, and I think I get more of a sense of who you are as a person.

[@saudiorchestra6443]

I assume you don't read books without pictures too.