(born, March 21, 1839)
Centenary celebrations
Under the direction of M. D. Calvocoressi
First Concert
'.dith Coates (contralto)
Rene Soames (tenor)
Ronald Stear (bass)
The BBC Chorus
(Section B)
Chorus Master, Leslie Woodgate
The BBC Orchestra
(Section D)
Led by Marie Wilson
Conducted by Lawrance Collingwood
EDITH COATES , RONALD STEAR ,
CHORUS, AND ORCHESTRA
Joshua
ORCHESTRA
Prelude and Persian Dances (Khovanshchina)
RONALD STEAR AND ORCHESTRA Trepak
RONALD STEAR , RENE SOAMES ,
CHORUS, AND ORCHESTRA
Fantastic Scene (The Fair at Sorochintsy)
ORCHESTRA
Intermezzo ,
SOLOISTS, CHORUS, AND ORCHESTRA
Three Excerpts from Boris Godunov
1 Coronation scene} (Polish
2 Women's Chorus
3 Polonaise J Scenes)
M. D. Calvocoressi has been recognised as the greatest living authority on Mussorgsky ever since the publication of his book on the composer in 1908. That book, written in French and since translated into both English and German, is now out of date, and musicians throughout the world look forward with keen interest to the publication of the entirely new book on Mussorgsky which Calvocoressi has recently completed.
Calvocoressi, who writes with equal facility in English and French, is also the author of books on Glinka, Liszt, ' The Principles of Musical Criticism', ' Musical Taste', and a volume of memoirs entitled ' Music and Ballet'.
An article by M. D. Calvocoressi on Mussorgsky will appear in next week's RADIO Times, to cover the broadcast of three further centenary programmes.