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Composer of the Week Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

(1844-1908)
Rlmsky at the Opera
Ninety years after Rimsky's death, he is still best remembered for
Scheherazade and The Flight of the Bumble Bee. Yet Rimsky-Korsakov composed a huge amount of music in a wide variety of forms. Piers Burton-Page introduces a chronological survey of his operatic works - all 15 of them. Today's works include The Maid of Pskov,
May Night, Snow Maiden and Mlada. Producer Kerry Chapman
Repeated next Monday 12 midnight

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Producer:
Kerry Chapman
Source: Radio Times

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