Kije

Without being aware of it, his eyes slowly grew as tired as the rest of his body and he fell into a soft, deep sleep serenaded by the dull cooing of giant walking ferns, night-flying reptiles, and a pool full of harmonizing water bugs who managed a marvelous imitation of what sounded like the journey movement from Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kije Suite.

A Corridor in the Asylum 2010

By association with "32 Short Films about Glenn Gould" and "Love and Death," I might also nominate the Goldberg aria and Lt. Kije.

Let It Snow Matthew Guerrieri 2007

It's not as if the Prokofiev piano concertos are exactly rare at regular symphony concerts, so I was hoping for some obscure pieces to accompany them, but for the most it was the same old chestnuts like "Lt. Kije" and "Romeo and Juliet" and "Cinderella" ballet music.

The Pallid Prokofiev Piano Festival sfmike 2007

It's not as if the Prokofiev piano concertos are exactly rare at regular symphony concerts, so I was hoping for some obscure pieces to accompany them, but for the most it was the same old chestnuts like "Lt. Kije" and "Romeo and Juliet" and "Cinderella" ballet music.

Archive 2007-06-01 sfmike 2007

First off, anything named after a composer is fine by me, as Tessa had a dog named Chopin, two dogs named Rachmaninoff (Rocky) and I had a hamster named Haydn, a cat named Elgar, a ferret named Sergei (for Prokofiev) and a dog named Kije (for Prokofiev's beautiful "Lieutenant Kije Suite").

freakophilosophy 2006

Of course, I am an Old Friend (tm) and I would want you to keep the blog even if it did nothing but rehash Michelle's visits to the farmhouse, Kije, and your job at Gumby's.

granite and chisel 2006

After Kije was gone, I stayed a few minutes and burrowed my fingers down through his fur.

it's that little souvenir of a terrible year 2006

First off, anything named after a composer is fine by me, as Tessa had a dog named Chopin, two dogs named Rachmaninoff (Rocky) and I had a hamster named Haydn, a cat named Elgar, a ferret named Sergei (for Prokofiev) and a dog named Kije (for Prokofiev's beautiful "Lieutenant Kije Suite").

on the highest mount in Wales 2006

After Kije was gone, I stayed a few minutes and burrowed my fingers down through his fur.

it's that little souvenir of a terrible year 2006

Kije died a few days after 9/11, fourteen years of loyal service under his collar - in Sean's words, he slipped away while so much sadness was in the world, always full of grace, as if to not create any fuss.

9/26/03 I went over to 2003