Comments on: Harriet Krijgh – Kabalevsky’s 1st Cello Concerto https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/harriet-krijgh-kabalevskys-1st-cello-concerto/ Wed, 03 Nov 2021 13:30:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Diane Wilson https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/harriet-krijgh-kabalevskys-1st-cello-concerto/#comment-1221944 Wed, 03 Nov 2021 13:30:47 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=80331#comment-1221944 Kabalevsky was a good, but not great, composer, and he will always be compared to the truly great composers of his time. Communist politics nearly destroyed the Soviet music community (sound familiar?) and those who did not find shelter in one way or another were targeted for destruction (again, sound familiar?). Shelter meant either toadying, settling for obscurity, or retreating to one of the Soviet ethnic groups. In any case, Kabalevsky was not the head toady; he just wanted to get on with his music.

Yes, I haven’t paid enough attention to Kabalevsky for years, and I should fix that.

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/harriet-krijgh-kabalevskys-1st-cello-concerto/#comment-1221764 Wed, 03 Nov 2021 06:27:12 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=80331#comment-1221764 Still better than ‘twang-twang grunt-grunt yeah’

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