Sergei Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kije Suite is one of classical music's best loved works. Pulled from the score for the 1934 Russian film Lieutenant Kije, about a Russian military clerical error run comically amok, Prokofiev's music is a piquant reminder of the idiocies of overblown bureaucracy. If you'd like to hear Prokofiev's music in its original film context, you can watch the long difficult-to-acquire Lieutenant Kije here, with English subtitles. (Audio begins after the credits.) Happy viewing!
Jennifer Hambrick unites her extensive backgrounds in the arts and media and her deep roots in Columbus to bring inspiring music to central Ohio as Classical 101’s midday host. Jennifer performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago before earning a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.