План-конспект урока В мире профессий

Прочитайте тексты и установите соответствие между текстами А–G и заголовками 1–8. В ответ запишите цифры, в порядке, соответствующем буквам. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании есть один лишний заголовок.

1. Great music never dies

2. A genius performer of three musical roles

3. Family and childhood

4. A famous house in the countryside

5. He disappointed and amazed his teachers

6. A quick start of a brilliant career

7. His friends in the musical world

8. A gentle giant

A. A small settlement of Ivanovka, near Tambov, in Central Russia attracts a lot of tourists. People from the country and from all over the world come there to see a two-storeyed wooden cottage, and the large garden around it with the bushes of lilac and jasmine. Now it is a museum. This ordinary, rural place became so famous due to the great Russian composer Sergey Rachmaninov. From 1890 to 1917 it was the summer residence of Rachmaninov's family where a lot of world-famous musical compositions were created.

B. According to documents, Sergey Rachmaninov’s place of birth was Oneg, a place near Veliki Novgorod. He was the fourth child in a family with three sons and three daughters. It was an old aristocratic family — the father was an army officer, and the mother was a daughter of a wealthy Russian general. Both parents loved music and were good pianists. All the children were interested in music but Sergey demonstrated not only ability but talent.

C. Sergey Rachmaninov’s mother started to teach him music at the age of four. She was the first one who noticed his remarkable memory — the boy was able to play long passages from memory without a single mistake. Later Rachmaninov

became a student of St. Petersburg Conservatory. He was not a very careful student — sometimes he skipped classes and spent too much time on the skating rink. However, all of his teachers were astonished at his fantastic piano technique, remarkable memory, and creativity. They thought him a genius!

D. In 1891 Rachmaninov graduated as a pianist from the Moscow Conservatory and his name was later written in gold letters on a memorial tablet on the conservatory's front wall. Even before his graduation, at the age of 19, Rachmaninov composed the “Prelude in C Sharp Minor.” It became his bestknown work which made him famous almost overnight. A year after, in 1892, Rachmaninov graduated as a composer. By that time he had already established his recognisable style of music: rather dark, melancholy and worrying.

E. Sergey Rachmaninov composed great music. He surprised the best musicians of his time with his astonishing technique as a pianist. Amazingly, he had also phenomenal conducting skills. Rachmaninov was appointed Principal Conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre in 1904. Years later he was offered several posts of orchestra conductor in America, most notably with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

F. Sergey Rachmaninov had possibly the largest hands in classical music. He could span 12 piano keys from the tip of his little finger to the tip of his thumb. Many of his compositions are difficult to perform for pianists with smaller hands and a shorter span. According to his contemporaries, Rachmaninov was a very tall man, he always had to lower his head a bit whenever he entered a room. His voice was somewhat hushed and low. But he moved around quietly, and never shouted or lost his temper.

G. Most of Sergei Rachmaninov’s compositions were created in the first part of 20th century (only a limited collection dates to the later years of the 19th century). In spite of the time which has passed, his music is still extremely popular. Rachmaninov’s works are considered to be classical music standards. In terms of technique, his music is very complicated and only the best musicians of modern times are able to perform it. No doubt Sergei Rachmaninov will be an inspiration to pianists and composers in the future.