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Exodus 12:1-42 Passover and Exodus

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Brad

Symphony # 10 – Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (Russian:  25 September[1] 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Russian composer and pianist, and a prominent figure of 20th-century music.[2]  Shostakovich achieved fame in the Soviet Union under the patronage of Soviet chief of staff Mikhail Tukhachevsky, but later had … Continue reading →

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Exodus 6:28 -11:10 The Ten Plagues

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Brad

“Flight of the Bumblebee” is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, composed in 1899–1900. The piece closes Act III, Tableau 1, during which the magic Swan-Bird changes Prince Gvidon Saltanovich (the … Continue reading →

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Exodus 3-4  The Burning Bush

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Brad

The Firebird (French: L’oiseau de feu; Russian: «Жар-птица», Zhar-ptitsa) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes company, with choreography by Michel Fokine. The ballet is based on Russian folk tales of the magical glowing … Continue reading →

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