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Composer of the Week: Alexander Scriabin

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

I (1872-1915)
With Jonathan Swain. "Cocaine and rainbows" was Henry Miller 's
; melodramatic description of the music of Scriabin. This week's programmes include five of his large-scale symphonic works and some of the sonatas and other piano pieces contemporary with them. Study, Op 8 No 12
Yuki Matsuzawa (piano) Mazurka, Op 25 No 3 Yevgeni Kissin (piano)
Symphony No 1 Stefania Toczyska (mezzo), Michael Myers (tenor), Westminster Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Muti
Producer Piers Burton-Page
Repeated next Monday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Henry Miller
Piano:
Yuki Matsuzawa
Piano:
Yevgeni Kissin
Unknown:
Stefania Toczyska
Tenor:
Michael Myers
Conductor:
Riccardo Muti
Producer:
Piers Burton-Page
Source: Radio Times

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