Michael Hall presents an evening of Czech and Soviet music written in the year of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, beginning with the year's events as reflected in the BBC Archives.
7.35 Karel Husa
Music for Prague
Eastman Wind Ensemble;
Donald Hunsberger
8.00 The composers Elena Firsova and Dmitri Smimov talk about student life in Moscow in 1968. 8.20 In conversation with Michael Hall ,
Gerard McBumey talks about the influences on Soviet music in the late 60s, playing excerpts from works by leading composers including Shnittke,
Knaifel and Denisov and introducing complete performances of two pieces from 1968: Arvo Part Credo
Boris Berman (piano)
Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra/Neeme Jarvi Sofia Gubaidulina
Night in Memphis E Dolgova (mezzo)
Men's voices of Moscow State Chamber Choir Moscow State Film
Orchestra/Yuri Nikolaevsky
9.15 Hope and Disillusionment
Karel Janovicky talks to Czech composers and musicians about Czech music before and after
Soviet occupation.
Producer Patrick Lambert
10.00 Veroslav Neumann String Quartet '1968' Moravian Quartet
Petr Eben Vox Clamantis Radovan Lukavsky (speaker) Czech PO/Vaclav Neumann Producer Anthony Cheevers