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...Russian fairy tale, Vasilisa the All-Wise walks up to the little hut that stands on hen's legs and says : "Little hut, little hut, turn with your face to me and your back to the sea." And the voice of Baba Yaga, the witch, answers from within the hut: "Fee fo fum, I smell Russian blood. For today the Russian spirit is marching through the world, and it throws itself on your breast and it slaps you in the face...
...smell Russian blood! For today the Russian spirit is marching through the world, and it throws itself in your eyes and slaps you across the face." These words are not from a speech by Stalin. They are the lines the old witch (Baba Yaga) always speaks in the oldest of Russian folk tales...
Single tickets for this concert are on sale at the University Book Store in Harvard Square. Symphony No. 5, in C Minor, Op. 67, Beethoven Three pieces for Orchestra, Liadoff "Kiklmora", a Folk Tale, Op. 63. "The Enchanted Lake", a Folk Tale, Op. 62. "Baba-Yaga", Tone Picture, after a Russian Folk Tale, Op. 56. Concerto for Planoforte, in D Minor, Mozart Symphonic Poem, "Wallenstein's Camp", Smetana