Playing the Titanic theme in a Kharkiv bunker

Playing the Titanic theme in a Kharkiv bunker

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norman lebrecht

March 07, 2022

The baroque oboist Alexander Koshelev is taking shelter from Russian bombardments in a Kharkiv bunker, in Ukraine.

We pray for this brave musician’s safety.

Comments

  • Sisko24 says:

    Not what I’d recommend given the circumstances. Instead, how about Gloria Gaynor’s song, ‘I Will Survive’ or Whitney Houston’s song, ‘I’ll Always Love You’? The Titanic song has the context of the majority dying with but a few surviving which is absolutely not true about Ukraine.

  • Hamklav says:

    BRAVO! Seems like an extraordinary triumph of the spirit to be able to do something like that while you’re stuck in a hole in the ground waiting for bombs to drop. Is Sisko24 in the same poistion, to be making snide judgements about the suitability of his choices? Perhaps Alexander should have the benefit of the doubt, for maybe not feeling quite certain about whether he will survive….

  • Uncle Sam says:

    Here’s some more music from the war-torn Ukraine. Who’d think that those brave, fearless, rugged Ukrainian soldiers – that they have some soft, romantic spots, too? Try to keep your eyes dry by the end of the clip, but I predict you’ll fail…

    https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1500886720933502987

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