Oratorio for mixed choir (9 choirs, 300 singers), contralto, baritone, Narrator and large Orchestra (75 musicians). It is composed of excerpts from the music of the eponymous film by Sergei M.
After movie director Sergei Eisenstein and composer Sergei Prokofiev collaborated on "Alexander Nevsky" -- the Stalinist agitprop film from which Prokofiev culled enough music to fashion a powerhouse ...
We take you to the KlaraFestival of Flanders for a little more Russian music to round out the hour. The La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra plays Ivan the Terrible by Prokofiev.