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Composer of the Week: Prokofiev

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3/5. The European Years. With Donald Macleod. After a sojourn in America and several years of wandering, in 1922 Sergei Prokofiev settled in Ettal in Germany. The rural peace he found there proved to be ideal circumstances for composing. The base also gave him the opportunity to establish himself in Europe as a pianist. The Fiery Angel, Act 2 (excerpt)
Vladimir Galuzin (tenor), Sergei Leiferkus (bass-baritone), Members of the Kirov Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Valery Gergiev
Chout (excerpt) London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Walter Susskind
Violin Concerto No 1 Gil Shaham , London
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andre Previn Repeated on Tuesday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Unknown:
Sergei Prokofiev
Tenor:
Vladimir Galuzin
Tenor:
Sergei Leiferkus
Conductor:
Valery Gergiev
Conductor:
Walter Susskind
Unknown:
Gil Shaham
Conductor:
Andre Previn
Source: Radio Times

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