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Mikhail Ivanovlch Glinka (1804-1859)
' With his Kamarinskaya, Glinka bequeathed to posterity the symphonic treatment of the Russian folk tune.'
(RIMSKY-KORSAKOV)
' For long years to come Russian composers will drink at this source
(TCHAIKOVSKY, about the same work)
The programmes this week celebrate the 175th anniversary of Glinka's birth by tracing his development from dilettante to ' Father of Russian music ' and culminate in the orchestral piece so highly regarded by his successors.
This morning, a sequence of early songs and instrumental works, performed by NINA DORLIAK (soprano) BORIS CHRISTOFF (baSS) JOHN MARSON (harp)
RUDOLF BARSHAI (viola) and VALERY KAMYSHOV (piano) gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Mikhail Ivanovlch Glinka
Harp:
John Marson
Viola:
Rudolf Barshai
Piano:
Valery Kamyshov
Source: Radio Times

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