Classical Music Brain Droppings
Animated Prokofiev film
This is a wonderful animated short – even if you don’t know who Prokofiev was or understand Russian. Just enjoy the animation.
I liked the portrait of Rimsky Korsakov (then Liadov and Glazunov) that came “alive” to give him advice.
Apparently this won a medal in some film competition.
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