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Seeking the Soul:the Music of Alfred Schnittke

BBC Radio 3
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From the Barbican Hall, London.
Schnittke's second cello concerto was written for Rostropovich in 1990. And his fifth symphony, which begins as a concerto grosso and ends as a symphony, has a second movement based on a sketch for a piano quintet by the young Gustav Mahler. Torleif Thedeen (cello), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Vassily Sinaisky
Schntttke Cello Concerto No 2
5.15 Twenty Minutes: Soundtrack to a System
Schnittke wrote over 60 scores for Soviet films. Gerard McBurney looks behind the scenes with Soviet film expert John Riley and Schnittke biographer Alexander Ivashkin.
5.35 Schnittke Symphony No 5 (Concerto Grosso No 4)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gustav Mahler.
Conductor:
Vassily Sinaisky
Unknown:
Gerard McBurney
Unknown:
John Riley
Unknown:
Alexander Ivashkin.
Source: Radio Times

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