scene 3.1: Burns red (August 26, 1938)and scene 3.2: from a modest admirer (Moscow, fall, 1938) by Ketty Nez published on 2019-05-17T00:02:14Z scene 3.1: Burns red (Kislovodsk resort, August 26, 1938) Serge meets Mira, a young poet, at Kislovodsk, a resort for celebrities. Shostakovich teases Serge for being his usual flirtatious self. scene 3.2: from a modest admirer (Moscow, fall, 1938) Back home in Moscow a couple months later, Mira receives a photo and letter from Serge, calling himself her "modest admirer." Questioned by her father Abram, Mira admits to the love affair. Performance by soprano Helen Hassinger, mezzo-soprano Rebecca Printz, tenor Gregory Zavracky, baritone James Demler, and pianist Ketty Nez (recorded 14 May 2019, at Boston University). "Typewriter Girl" (ca. 1910's) by Nadezhda Udaltsova - http://www.avangardism.ru/nadezhda-udaltsova-mashinistka.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=67023450 Genre Classical
