Lieutenant Kijé (Prokofiev)
Sergei Prokofiev’s Lieutenant Kijé music was written to accompany the film of the same name, produced by the Belgoskino film studios in Leningrad in 1933–34. The five-movement suite was first performed in December 1934, and quickly became part of the international concert repertoire. Elements of the suite’s score have been used in several later films, and in two popular songs...