borodin epitome of incomprehensibility As in Russian composer Alexander Borodin (1833-1887), but my subconscious thinks he's a character from The Lord of the Rings (even_more_things_learned_from_dreams). 140504 ... e_o_i Prince Igor is not Boromir. Or is he? 140505 ... unhinged polovetsian dances with the youth chorus on stage at severence hall the string quartet in masterclass at mcmf in milwaukee ive been speaking russian musically since i was young. no wonder all the little old ladies at macys ask me for help in russian. how_to_hustle_like_a_communist 140506 ... unhinged one of my adult students plays chamber music in her free time. she will soon be playing in a quartet working on quartet no. 2 by borodin and some of the opus 18 quartets by beethoven. we played the violin parts to the borodin together recently and i could not stop smiling for the rest of the night. so beautiful, so poignant, so russian. my heart beats in that direction. 140717 what's it to you? who go blather from