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plus an orchestral suite
Glazunov had just composed. Glazunov was to conduct part of this concert. Seeing he was not ready to do this, Rimsky-Korsakov volunteered to take his place. This "rehearsal," as Rimsky-Korsakov called it, went well and pleased both Belayev and the invited audience. Buoyed by
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orchestra, had gone well, the audiences had been meagre due to
Belyayev's reluctance to advertise the concerts. Nonetheless, the programmes of works by Glinka, Glazunov, Tchaikovsky and Lyadov, as well as works by "the mighty handful" made a profound impression on
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The idea for the
Russian Symphony Concerts was Rimsky-Korsakov's. He had become acquainted with Belyayev at the weekly "quartet Fridays" ("Les Vendredis") held at Belayev's home. Belayev had already taken a keen interest in the musical future of the teenage
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Both the rehearsal the previous year and this concert gave Rimsky-Korsakov the idea of offering several concerts per year featuring
Russian compositions. The number of orchestral compositions was growing, and there were always difficulties in having the
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and other organizations program them. Rimsky-Korsakov mentioned the idea to
Belayev. Belayev liked it, inaugurating the Russian Symphony Concerts during the 1886-1887 season. Rimsky-Korsakov shared conducting duties for these concerts.
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as a forum for young
Russian composers to have their orchestral works performed. While a number of works by these composers were performed, pieces written by composers of the previous generation such as
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was premiered at a
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In 1889 Belyayev engaged Rimsky-Korsakov to conduct two such concerts at the Paris
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Some of the works currently best known as "Russian music" were first presented at the
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specifically for them. Revisions of earlier works were also featured. One concert included the first complete performance of the final version of
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the success of the rehearsal, Belayev decided the following season to give a public concert of works by
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