This week will be the 30th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Russia's composers, who point for anniversaries like greeting-card manufacturers, were ready to supply loud and brave noises. Serge Prokofiev, Russia's best, had prepared a special Holiday Overture. Dmitri Kabalevsky worked on a new opera, The Indomitable, for Moscow's famed Stanislavsky Theater. All in all, the Union of Soviet Composers proudly reported, 1,000 compositions had been specially written for the anniversary.
None was awaited with more interest than the new overture by brilliant young Aram Khachaturian, 43, which will have its premiere in...
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