Episode Details

Prince Vladimir feasts his princes, his boyars and his mighty heroes in royal Kiev — and does not invite the old Cossack Ilya Muromets. Slighted, the hero answers in his own way among the churches and tavern folk of Kiev, until the Prince must think how to make his peace, and sends young Dobrynya to bring the old Cossack to the table's highest place.

Ilya Muromets Quarrels with Prince Vladimir (Ссора Ильи Муромца с князем Владимиром) — a bylina of old Rus', recorded by A. F. Gilferding in 1871 («Онежские былины», No. 76, the recording titled «Илья Муромец и голи кабацкие» — Ilya Muromets and the Tavern Folk), in a new English translation made for this show, read aloud over a gentle instrumental bed.

Byliny.

Intermission: "The Cello's Unfinished Promise" — instrumental.

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