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Proms Composer of the Week: Sergei Prokofiev

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

(1891-1953)
1: Other Worlds
In the first of this week's programmes
Gerard McBurney looks at how the strange Ukrainian idyll of Prokofiev's childhood provided the composer with inspiration and material throughout his life. From childhood memories to
Stalin's socialist propaganda, stories and myths run deep through his music. Symphony No 1 in D (Classical) Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conductor Claudio Abbado
Visions Fugitives The Composer (piano) Semyon Koto (Acts 1 and 4 excerpts)
Chorus and Orchestra of All-Union
Radio, conductor Mikhail Zhukov
Five Melodies, Op 35: No 1
Carole Farley (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano) Producer Matthew Edgar

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerard McBurney
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Piano:
Semyon Koto
Conductor:
Mikhail Zhukov
Soprano:
Carole Farley
Soprano:
Roger Vignoles
Producer:
Matthew Edgar
Mother:
T Yanko
Remenyuk:
G Troitsky
Source: Radio Times

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