Many moments of my life seemed to be captured and portrayed perfectly by this composition. Moments wich were slow at first, but then, they turned into a non-stop, like the crescendo of this piece, and just when you think that's about to calm down and go downhill, it just ascends and ascends until it gets to the climax. It breaks, it literally breaks or just breaks in tears or suddenly endings, but somehow it does.
THis beautifull version is an orchestral transcription included in the Claudio Abbado CD with music only by Prokofiev at DG. The original is for wind band. Any version is gorgeous, the best of Prokofiev, even in such a small-scale work!
@@susangrossman8431 The lick is a motif or riff or sequence of seven notes, the shape of which can be “spotted” or briefly heard in hundreds of pieces of music. In all sorts of genres, all kinds of music. However, the lick in this Stravinsky Princess’ Khorovod Roundance the 1st time around does not sound quite right as the final note of the seven-note sequence is not the home note or tonic note i. which it should be to be termed the ‘licc’
This striking, quirky piece by Prokofiev was first heard on a (Moscow) radio broadcast on May Day 1944 as a part of festivities. This performance is better than most. There is a tendency to play this march too quickly, but the speed here seems just about right- 'march' doesn't mean 'run'.
