Like many of Russia's great composers, Alexander Borodin was renown in other fields beyond music. Although composer Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) is best known for writing one of the best Russian ...

The man who wrote the opera 'Prince Igor' was a renowned scientist and chemist, besides being a great composer. Although composer Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) is best known for writing one of the ...

I've never understood why Borodin's symphonies are so rarely played, though interest in his output has, for some reason, dipped of late. That he was a chemist by profession, and composed between ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Aaron Copland's "Quiet City," Alexander Borodin's "Symphony No. 2 in B minor" and "Symphonies of Gaia" by Jayce John Ogren, headline the Sunday, March 6, Symphonic Treasures ...

Symphony No. 1 Seattle Symphony Orchestra Gerard Schwarz, Conductor Alexander Borodin, Composer Symphony No. 2 Seattle Symphony Orchestra Alexander Borodin, Composer Gerard Schwarz, Conductor Symphony ...

Stephen Johnson is joined by conductor Andre de Ridder and the BBC Philharmonic to explore some of the many musical ideas that inspired Alexander Borodin's Second Symphony, a work composed by a ...

Alexander Borodin devoted much of his life to chemistry and when he died, a few of his works were left unfinished. The instrumentation of his Petite Suite for instance, was completed by Alexander ...

Borodin's Chamber Symphony In concert at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, in Michigan, the string orchestra I Musici de Montreal plays the Chamber Symphony by Alexander Borodin.

A music critic at the time commented that Russian composer Alexander Borodin’s 2nd Symphony had “the flavor of an ancient Russian epic.” That's fitting, as the composer included unused musical ideas ...