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Composer of the Week: Medtner

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Despite his resolve not to become a concert pianist, Nicolas Medtner spent much of his life giving concerts around
Europe and America - it was the only way he could get his own works played. Today Donald Macleod discusses some compositions that drew the praise of Rachmaninov and the hostility of critics. Fairy Tale, Op 51 No 1
Performed by the Composer (piano)
Before Work; At the Anvil (Hymns in Praise of Toil, Nos 1 and 2) Geoffrey Tozer (piano) Winter Evening, Op 13 Nol: Spanish
Romance (Pushkin Poems, Op 36 No 4) Zara Dolukhanova (mezzo), Nina Svetlanova (piano)
Piano Concerto No 1 Dmitri Alexeev , BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Alexander Titov (R)

Contributors

Pianist:
Nicolas Medtner
Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Piano:
Geoffrey Tozer
Unknown:
Zara Dolukhanova
Piano:
Nina Svetlanova
Unknown:
Dmitri Alexeev
Conductor:
Alexander Titov
Source: Radio Times

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