The Year 1941 (Prokofiev) The Year 1941 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev wrote the symphonic suite The Year 1941 (Op. 90) in 1941. Prokofiev, along with other composers, was evacuated to the Caucasus when Germany started attacking the Soviet Union in 1941. It was under such circumstances that Prokofiev began work on this symphonic suite. He was working on his epic opera "War and Peace" and the "String Quartet No. 2" at the same time. The whole suite lasts for around 15 minutes. The suite is scored for 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets,
Le pas d'acier (Prokofiev) staged at Princeton University, New Jersey. This production was described as "faithful to the original, never-performed concept of a celebration of Soviet workers' lives, instead of a mockery of them, which was the version seen by audiences of the early 20th century." Le pas d'acier (Prokofiev) Le pas d'acier ("The Steel Step" or "The Leap of Steel"; ), Op. 41, is a 1926 ballet in two scenes containing 11 dances composed by Sergei Prokofiev. Prokofiev also created an orchestral four movement suite from the ballet (Op. 41b). The ballet was commissioned by impresario Sergei Diaghilev, who had been greatly impressed