From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   >[Hal Heydt]   
   >I've been wondering if organizations were doing that.  Pretty   
   >much all of the classical Russian composers pre-date Putin, and   
   >many pre-date the Soviet Union.  I'd rather hate to see Borodin's   
   >"In the Steppes of Central Asia" or any number of   
   >Rimsky-Korasakhov's works dropped from being played (just to cite   
   >a couple of examples).   
      
   In the Steppes of Central Asia is interesting in modern times because it   
   celbrates a land that isn't part of Russia but which Russia desperately   
   wants.  Same goes for the Gayane Ballet Suite.   
      
   Hope they are playing Berezovsky's Ukranian suites again, though.   
   --scott   
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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