The Bronze Horseman of the Dialectic
Variations on themes from the history of Russian culture

Written and compiled by Michael Mason
Research directed by Helen Rapp
Special translations by Helen Rapp and Yakov Hornstein

Speakers:
Tamara Talbot Rice, author of 'A Concise History of Russian Art'
Gwyn Jones, Professor of English Language and Literature, University College, Cardiff
Dimitri Obolensky, Professor of Russian and Balkan History, University of Oxford
John Fennell, Professor of Russian, University of Oxford
W.M.S. Russell, Lecturer in Sociology University of Reading
James H. Billington, Professor of History, Princeton University
Eugene Lampert, Head of the Department of Russian Studies, Keele University
John Keep, Reader in Modern Russian History, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London
Mrs. Marguerite Thomson and Yakov Hornstein, eye-witnesses of 1917
Donald Gould, Editor, 'New Scientist'

Texts from Russian prose, poetry and historical documentation from the Primary Chronicle to the Poems of Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Music from Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Mussorgsky, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, and the Liturgies of Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches

Sound composition and orchestration by David Cain, assisted by Dick Mills, BBC Radiophonic Workshop
The song "U Vorot Sosna Raskachalasia" sung by Mary Rodzianko

[BBC recording] (Second broadcast)
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