scene 3.1: Burns red (August 26, 1938)and scene 3.2: from a modest admirer (Moscow, fall, 1938)

scene 3.1: Burns red (Kislovodsk resort, August 26, 1938)
Serge meets Mira, a young poet, at Kislovodsk, a resort for celebrities. Shostakovich teases Serge for being his usual flirtatious self.

scene 3.2: from a modest…