Bo·ro·din

(bôr′ə-dēn′, bär′-, bə-rə-dēn′), Aleksandr Porfirevich 1833-1887.

Russian composer and chemist whose musical works were based on Russian folk themes and include the opera Prince Igor, unfinished at his death.

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Borodin

(ˈbɒrədɪn; Russian bəraˈdin)

(Biography) Aleksandr Porfirevich (alɪkˈsandr pərfiˈrjevitʃ). 1834–87, Russian composer, whose works include the unfinished opera Prince Igor, symphonies, songs, and chamber music

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Bo•ro•din

(ˈbɔr əˌdin, ˈbɒr-)

n.

Aleksandr Porfirevich, 1833–87, Russian composer and chemist.

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The youngsters, all pupils at city secondary schools, performed an eclectic mix of music by Holst, Rossini, Borodin, Sparke, Smetana and Kabalevsky.

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RIPON: 2.10 Al Aakif, 2.45 The Defiant, 3.20 Battle Of Wills, 3.55 Borodin, 4.35 Mr Carbonator, 5.10 Tadaany, 5.45 Gold Arch, 6.20 Theatro.

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Opera singers Irina Dolzhenko, Maria Gavrilova, Vasily Ladyuk, Ivan Maksimeiko, Alexander Naumenko, Nikolai Kazansky, Alexander Borodin, Stanislav Mostovoy and others also took part in the play conducted by Pavel Klinichev.

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Composed by Alexander Borodin, a prominent composer of the late 19th century Romantic era, Prince Igor premiered at the famed Mariinsky Theatre in 1890.

ROHM TO PRESENT 'PRINCE IGOR' ON SEPT 27, 29

Maxim Borodin was found badly injured in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg and passed away in hospital.

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Maksim Borodin, 32, was found unconscious outside his apartment in the city of Yekaterinburg, in the east of Russia's Ural Mountains on April 12.

Journalist dies in 'balcony fall' weeks after story on Russian mercenaries 'killed in US airstrikes in Syria'; Maksim Borodin, 32, was found unconscious outside his fifth-floor flat in the city of Yekaterinburg

Pavel Borodin and Ioulia Andreou, both runners of the GSP sports club, were declared Cypriot marathon champions for this year.

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Borodin's charming In the Steppes of Central Asia provided a strong start, the music portraying the Russian Empire completely at ease with itself, Borodin's atmospheric music skilfully blending its equally evocative Russian and Asian themes against the haunting landscape, presenting the ideal union of the people - a wonderful ideal not matched by political reality in 1880!

Orchestral concert held at Trinity Methodist Church

The programme had three examples - Dmitri Shostakovich's short and cheery 9th symphony, Tchaikovsky's well-known Fantasy Overture from Romeo and Juliet, and Alexander Borodin's lyrical Nocturne, in a fine arrangement for string orchestra by that paean of the Prom concerts, Sir Malcolm Sargent.

Finnish conductor showcases Russian music with aplomb

The program will have a variety of great composers such as Tchaikovsky, Franz Liszt, Borodin, Emmanuel Chabrier, and Zoltan Kudaly.

Cairo Opera House opening its new season with Cairo Symphony Orchestra