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Composer of the Week: Karol Szymanowski

BBC Radio 3
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(1882-1937) At the time of Szymanowski's birth, Polish music was backward and insular. Paul Guinery presents a week of programmes featuring the output of the man responsible for dragging it into the 20th century. Young Poland in Music
Examining the influences of Chopin and the German late Romantics on Szymanowski's early music. Prelude, Op 1 No 2
John Bingham (piano) Etude, Op 4 No 1
Martin Roscoe (piano) orch Frtelberg Etude, Op 4 No
Polish State Philharmonic, conductor Karol Stryja Violin Sonata
Lydia Mordkovitch (violin)
Mariana Gusak-Grin (piano) Concert Overture
Polish Radio National
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jacek Kasprzyk Repeated from last Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Guinery
Piano:
John Bingham
Piano:
Martin Roscoe
Conductor:
Karol Stryja
Violin:
Lydia Mordkovitch
Piano:
Mariana Gusak-Grin
Conductor:
Jacek Kasprzyk
Source: Radio Times

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