Death of a Russian composer, 62
RIPWe have been informed of the death in Moscow of the composer and organist Kirill Alekseevich Umansky.
A friend of Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Umansky completed the senior composer’s 22nd symphony while he was incapacitated after a fall.
There is a fine recording.
Not someone else in Russia whi has died after a fall.
News reports in today’s Daily Mail state that Vladimir Putin has soiled himself after a fall down a flight of stairs.