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The Koussevitzky Legacy

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Koussevitzky Foundation Commissions: 1945-51
Humphrey Burton presents the final programme of his 12-part series reflecting the legacy of the great Russian maestro and patron of 20th-century music Serge Koussevitzky (1874-1951). With contributions from
Harry Ellis Dickson and Leonard Bernstein.
Dallapiccola Tartiniana
Ruth Posselt (violin) Columbia SO/
Leonard Bernstein
Harris
Symphony No 7
Philadelphia Orchestra/ Eugene Ormandy Virgil Thomson
Five songs from the opera 'Lord Byron'
Martyn Hill (tenor)
Budapest SO/James Bolle Honegger
Symphony No 5 (Di tre re) Boston SO/Charles Munch Bernstein Serenade
(after Plato's Symposium) Gidon Kremer (violin)
Israel PO/The Composer Discs
Series Producer John Evans

Contributors

Unknown:
Humphrey Burton
Music:
Serge Koussevitzky
Unknown:
Harry Ellis Dickson
Unknown:
Leonard Bernstein.
Unknown:
Dallapiccola Tartiniana
Violin:
Ruth Posselt
Unknown:
Leonard Bernstein
Unknown:
Eugene Ormandy
Unknown:
Virgil Thomson
Tenor:
Martyn Hill
Unknown:
Munch Bernstein Serenade
Violin:
Gidon Kremer
Producer:
John Evans
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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