The orchestral songs of the Caucasian Sketches were influenced by the Georgian folk songs that Ippolitov-Ivanov heard during his years as director of the music conservatory and conductor of the orchestra in Tbilisi, the principal city of Georgia and during his visits to the surrounding Caucasus Mountains. This video includes some early color photos by Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky taken between 1905-1915. The photographer Prokudin-Gorsky is shown in the self-portrait at 3.43. Also featured is beautiful video footage of wildflowers near Kazbegi, Republic of Georgia, recorded by nature photographer Arthur Chapman.
15 авг 2024
