The Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra in Wales canceled a performance because the compositions of Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky were in the program, The Guardian reports.
Tchaikovsky died in 1893.
Two of his pieces deal with Russian military victories.
The 1812 Overture celebrates Russia’s defeat of Napoleon’s invading army, and Marche Slave commemorates Russia’s involvement in the Serbian-Ottoman War.
The orchestra’s director said they “were also made aware at the time that the title ‘Little Russian’ of Symphony No. 2 was deemed offensive to Ukrainians.”
A statement on the venue’s website said: “In light of the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine, Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra, with the agreement of St David’s Hall, feel the previously advertised programme including the 1812 Overture to be inappropriate at this time. The orchestra hope you will continue to support them and enjoy the revised programme.”
What is wrong with these virtue signaling people? There’s not enough mockery in the world to cover this.
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The dark ages this is. The age of reason this is not.
Nazi Germany destroyed artworks it did not prefer.
Imagine the future, if you posses the works of that composer (I do) your social credit score will drop.
The simple minded think the by “erasing” Russia they can make Russia stop the War in Ukraine. But then they simple minded and go through life with their heads buried in the sand.
I’ve been listening to Dr. Zhivago soundtrack lately and it is such beautiful art.
Art that is a construct of whitey and won’t be allowed in the Great Reset Leap Forward.
Whitey voted for Trump and sometimes agrees with Putin in the way he cleaned up his ancestral homeland of parasite globalist oligarchs, and for that whitey will pay.
They are exposing their filthy underside eh!!! They are pushing for the next Dark Age…and a ‘black’ one at that…