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Composers of the Week:The Mighty Handful

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(cl855-81). The young and precocious Mily Balakirev rejected the European-influenced music of his contemporaries and set about creating a modern, Russian style of composition. He soon attracted a group of disciples, nicknamed "the Mighty Handful". Today, Donald Macleod examines how Balakirev established himself in St
Petersburg and enlisted his first followers: Modeste Musorgsky and César Cui.
Rimsky-Korsakov Fantasia on Serbian Themes USSR Academic Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Yevgeni Svetlanov Balakirev Overture on Three Russian Themes BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins Cui Five preludes (Op 64) Jeffrey Biegel (piano)
Musorgsky Chorus of the people in the temple (Oedipus in Athens)
London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor
Claudio Abbado Balakirev Russia ! BBC Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins Producer Chris Taylor

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Modeste Musorgsky
Unknown:
César Cui.
Conductor:
Yevgeni Svetlanov
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins
Piano:
Jeffrey Biegel
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins
Producer:
Chris Taylor
Source: Radio Times

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