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RICHKA.COM presents the
Red Star Red Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble
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Founded
in 1977, the company has more than 90 singers, dancers, and instrumentalists.
Be sure to visit their website.
The ensemble toured the USA from February through April,
2002. The selections below are from a live performance in
Moscow in the early-90s. |
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All music and videos are in
Real
Audio format.
- Meadowland
"Open fields, boundless plains, open fields and endless
prairies:
There go across the fields the heros. Yes, the heros of the great
Red Army"
Originally part of Lev
Knipper's Fourth Symphony (Ballad of a Young Soldier), this
quintessential Russian melody - text by Victor Gusev - is known the
world over.
- Song of
the Volga Boatman
A
traditional Russian song of the
Burlaki
- haulers who tied themselves in straps and towed loaded barges
along the Volga River. The leader, walking at the front, would begin
a song describing the boatmans' difficult life: "Oh you, Volga,
mother river; how wide and deep you are."
(music notes from the Red Star website)
VIDEO CLIP in Real Video
Created at 350 Kbps data rate
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