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Born in Minsk, Belarus, Alla Borzova has received numerous prestigious awards for her highly imaginative music since moving to the United States in 1993. Songs For Lada is a theatrical cantata which explores the world of childhood through rhymes, dances and stories, illustrated by effects including folk instruments and birdsong. To The New World portrays an imaginary ship bearing immigrant groups whose traditional music suggests their thoughts and feelings at the prospect of joining the great cultural “melting pot” of America.
Born in Minsk, Belarus, Alla Borzova has received numerous prestigious awards for her highly imaginative music since moving to the United States in 1993. Songs For Lada is a theatrical cantata which explores the world of childhood through rhymes, dances and stories, illustrated by effects including folk instruments and birdsong. To The New World portrays an imaginary ship bearing immigrant groups whose traditional music suggests their thoughts and feelings at the prospect of joining the great cultural “melting pot” of America.
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Works on This Recording
1.
Songs for Lada by Alla Borzova
Performer:
Valentina Fleer (Soprano),
Valentina Kozak (Voice)
Conductor:
Leonard Slatkin
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Detroit Symphony Orchestra,
Michigan State University Children's Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1986-1991
2.
To The New World by Alla Borzova
Conductor:
Leonard Slatkin
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Written: 2001-2002
Sound Samples
Songs for Lada: I. Ladu-Ladu-Ladki
Songs for Lada: II. A Game with Poppy
Songs for Lada: III. Once There were Three Sons and their Father
Songs for Lada: IV. Once Bai Walked across the Wall (Lullaby)
Songs for Lada: V. Shine, Shine, the Sun!
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