The first of two programmes in which Gerard McBurney surveys the course of 'new' music in Russia over the last quarter-century, from its serial beginnings to the current vogue for jazz and improvised music. Nicolai Karetnikov (born 1930) Lento variations, Op 11 ANDREW BALL (piano)
Edison Denisov (born 1929) Cantata: Sun of the Incas NOLLI LI (soprano)
ENSEMBLE OF SOLOISTS OF THE BOLSHOI/ALEXANDER LAZAREV record
Alfred Schnittke (born 1934) Improvisation and Fugue ANDREW BALL (piano)
Sofia Gubaydulina (born 1931) Concordanza, for chamber orchestra
ENSEMBLE OF SOLOISTS OF THE BOLSHOI/ALEXANDER LAZAREV record
(all first UK broadcasts)