The distinguished Russian composer, pianist and teacher Rodion Shchedrin writes: "I spent my childhood in the small Russian town of Aleksin, situated on the river Oka, 300 kilometres south of Moscow. My grandfather was an Orthodox priest there.
1 Concerto for Orchestra No. 4, Khorovodi (Round Dances)
2 Concerto for Orchestra No. 5,4 Russian Songs
3 Khrustal'niye Gusli (The Crystal Gusli)
The distinguished Russian composer, pianist and teacher Rodion Shchedrin writes: "I spent my childhood in the small Russian town of Aleksin, situated on the river Oka, 300 kilometres south of Moscow. My grandfather was an Orthodox priest there.