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Composer of the Week Tchaikovsky

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Gerard McBurney explores music either inspired by or written for the theatre. He also features some of the composer's songs and chamber and instrumental miniatures.
Overture: Hamlet
BBCPO, conductor Vassily Sinaisky
Valse-Scherzo
Gil Shaham (violin), Russian National Orchestra, conductor Mikhail Pletnev Piano Pieces, Op 72: Nos 1, 4 and 16 Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
Eugene Onegin (final scene)
Paris Orchestra , conductor Semyon Bychkov Repeated next Friday 12 midnight
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerard McBurney
Conductor:
Vassily Sinaisky
Violin:
Gil Shaham
Conductor:
Mikhail Pletnev
Piano:
Mikhail Pletnev
Piano:
Eugene Onegin
Conductor:
Paris Orchestra
Conductor:
Semyon Bychkov
Tatyana:
Nuccia Focile (soprano)
Onegin:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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