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Composer of the Week: Prokofiev

BBC Radio 3
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4: Music for the Theatre
Edward Downes conducted the first performance in this country of Prokofiev's epic opera War and Peacein the 1960s. He introduces a substantial excerpt from the recent Kirov Opera production and talks to Humphrey Carpenter about the composer's transformation of ballet music, The Prodigal Son, into a symphony.
War and Peace (Scene 1)
Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Kirov Opera, conductor Valery Gergiev Symphony No 4
BBCPO, conductor Edward Downes Repeated next Thursday 11.30pm

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Unknown:
Edward Downes
Unknown:
Humphrey Carpenter
Conductor:
Valery Gergiev
Conductor:
Edward Downes
Source: Radio Times

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