Perhaps better known as a composer, Borodin was in fact one of 19th century Russia's top people in the science of elements and compounds. Born and died in Saint Petersberg, Borodin became a member of "The Five" all composers whose aim was producing original rather than imitative music. In his teens Borodin could speak four languages and could play three instruments.
Borodin's music is full of romantic and enticing melody much of it also rings with the pageantry and landscape of onion-domed churches,richly decorated icons and the vastness of the land. Although Borodin wrote many works, he was most noted for his opera "Prince Igor".
http://youtu.be/t8C8frqCKKg
The opera takes place in twelfth-century Russia. Prince Igor heads a campaign against the Polovtsi a war-like tribe of central Russia who are causing raiding problems. However,he is defeated and taken prisoner. The head of Polovtsi,surprisingly,treats Igor as an honoured guest and entertains him on a lavish scale with feasting and dancing in the Polovtsian manner.
Borodin's music is full of romantic and enticing melody much of it also rings with the pageantry and landscape of onion-domed churches,richly decorated icons and the vastness of the land. Although Borodin wrote many works, he was most noted for his opera "Prince Igor".
http://youtu.be/t8C8frqCKKg
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