The Great Gate of Kiev

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Something for the weekend.  The Great Gate of Kiev, from the immortal Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky.

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Donald R. McClarey

Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
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Jonathan
Jonathan
Saturday, August 22, AD 2009 7:47am

Yevgeny Kissin’s piano performance of this is stunning.

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Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
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Saturday, August 22, AD 2009 4:47pm

Here’s a YouTube video of Mr. Kissin’s piano performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiK-U0XtfJ4

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Arturo Vasquez
Arturo Vasquez
Thursday, August 27, AD 2009 8:02am

You forgot to credit Ravel for the orchestration.

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