Come in Yuyutsu....

If you read about Rimsky-Korsakov you learn a lot about the chaotic life of 19th Century Russia.

and that

http://m.harunyahya.com/tr/works/581/Communism-In-Ambush/chapter/56/The-history-of-Bolshevik-savagery

What a lovely article.

Such a change from politics.

Thank You.

It brought back memories of my Russian Gran - and the music she
used to play for me. At the moment I'm trying to control my heart
condition (been in hospital as well) - so I can fully sympathise
with the author.

I now feel inspired to go out and search for more of this
inspirational music. Music with soul.

RK also suffered from intermittent dislike of music. Perhaps that was a form of internal quality control that refused to churn out dross. Tell that to the brain dead types who pump out DOOF DOOF type 'music' or restaurants who assume patrons want to hear elevator music.

No mention of 'Flight of the Bumblebee'. Mussorsky's 'Night on Bald Mountain' was a hit in Walt Disney's Fantasia. Recall villagers walking with lamps before dawn. The orchestrator was Leopold Stokowski who modified the RK arrangement but RK's version is the one now used in concerts.

Quite liked RK, still, do. And he would likely tell us? Not too much has changed in chaotic Russia, except the name of the strongmen and the size of their purloined personal fortunes/insatiable ambitions/"propaganda"? A former Russian businessman, down on his luck, lost his house, wife and almost every cent in the world.

Anyhow he has descended into a vodka-laden haze and wanders the street in the rags that used to be his business suits. To eventually find himself in the gutter seriously ill and dying of literal starvation.

And in his final despair re-embraces the God of his childhood and cries to the heavens, Lord, Lord, why hast thou forsaken me, I've prayed time and again for a windfall to extricate me from my predicament! Why-why-why hast thou not answered my prayer?

With which a big voice boomed from the sky, Ivan, go and buy a lottery ticket. The moral being, you've got to do some part of it yourself? nd typical Russian humour, which is at times, quite funny but incisive as well.

Get well soon Don and my dear friend Foxy!
Alan B.

Dear Alan B.,

Thanks for your well wishes.

Enjoyed the joke.

I'll have to think of a typical Russian one - but
at the moment my brain's not functioning properly
so I'll have to get back to you.