2: Years of Exile
Prokofiev spent much of the 1920s in Paris, where he composed some of his most complex and adventurous music. In conversation with Humphrey Carpenter , Sir Edward Downes introduces a performance of the symphony which the composer described as being "made out of iron and steel."
They Are Seven
Yuri Elnikov (tenor),
USSR Radio Choir and Orchestra, conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Quintet, Op 39 (excerpts) Berlin Soloists
Symphony No 2
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Edward Downes
Repeated next Tuesday 11.30pm