Symphony No.3 in A minor "Unfinished" - Alexander Borodin

[@leestamm3187]

Borodin is another of those hugely talented composers who passed away too soon. As most devotees know, he was a highly respected chemist for whom music primarily was an avocation.

[@gerardbegni2806]

Yes, you are fully right. I can certify that chemists know them for his findings as chemist.

[@leestamm3187]

@@gerardbegni2806 I neglected to mention that he also was a physician and surgeon.

[@GeraldNorman-vq9je]

A great day to get to know Borodin and his 3rd symphony. ❤

[@GeraldNorman-vq9je]

Amazing symphony writer.❤

[@GeraldNorman-vq9je]

That Borodin is a great symphony master !!!! ❤

[@gerardbegni2806]

Unfinished symphonies or other works have sometimes a famous career: 8th by Schubert, 9th by Bruckner, to a less extend 10th by Mahler and the operas "Moses and Aaron" by Schoenberg or "Lulu' by Berg. This is not obviously the case for this 3rd by Borodin. We have here a vision of what masterpiece it would have been. Thanks to the memory of Glazounov for his work and to Sergio Cánovas for having posted it.

[@fulviopolce9785]

Affascinante e deliziosa sinfonia, di matrice e caratteristica tipicamente 'russa'.Bellissimo inserimento.

[@user-rw4fg4yx1i]

Wunderbare Symphonie von Borodin! ❤

[@claytonbenignus4688]

A minor is considered as the key of sadness, yet this is happy music. The use of 5/8 time makes this mini symphony and alternating tunes in the second movement make this symphony deliciously complex.

[@hlnbee]

I love minor key.

[@windstorm1000]

Lovely slavic masterpiece with that wistful.colorful.sadness that can only be Russian

[@bobhourigan7626]

I haven't heard this work in a very long time and have completely forgotten it's history. One can only imagine what it would have sounded like had the composer lived to finish it. Thank goodness for Glazounov's memory and thank you for the post.

[@claytonbenignus4688]

Bob Hourigan Borodin & Glazunov must have spent time in the afterlife working on this. I cannot imagine why they would stop, even for death, to finish this off. I would be curious, say in about 50 years to hear its final form in Heaven.

[@windstorm1000]

@@claytonbenignus4688 lovely sentiment

[@GeraldNorman-vq9je]

Perfect symphony for a rainy day. ❤

[@MontyVierra]

Thank you not only for uploading this, which I hadn't heard before, but for also providing a detailed, sourced commentary. I've subscribed.

[@santoshjanakiraman8907]

This sounds so similar to "sinfonietta on russian themes in A-minor", by Rimsky Korsakov

[@user-sd1xy3uv4n]

У меня сложился такой дуэт: симфонии Бородина и романы Достоевского. Они очень подходят друг другу.

[@GeraldNorman-vq9je]

A bubbly symphony

[@ianw1976]

r/PieceoftheDay featured this piece today, January 28th, 2022.

[@SergioCánovasCM]

Thanks!

[@ianw1976]

@@SergioCánovasCM You're welcome.

[@johnb6723]

5/4 is not scherzo meter, for that has to be in triple meter, so it is mistitled. It would have been better titled as a five-step waltz, and at the time of first performance, in the late 19th century, would likely have been at a slower tempo that one could have danced the five-step waltz to.

[@leestamm3187]

A scherzo typically is in triple meter, but is not required to be. There are numerous scherzos in classical music in other time signatures.

[@user-sd1xy3uv4n]

Это самое русское произведение из всех написанных Бородиным. Здесь вся национальная идея, вся скорбь и радость. Очень жаль, что Александр Порфирьевич Бородин умер, так и не дописав эту симфонию... В моменты, когда русскую культуру ни с того ни с сего просто отменяют в мире, такое произведение поднимает патриотический дух!