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Morning Performance: Towards Kurt Weill: 5: Looking East

BBC Radio 3
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With Christopher Cook.
To the east of Kurt Weill's Germany, Prague and Budapest witnessed some extraordinary musical developments, while Russia - transmogrified into the USSR - entered the 1920s with a short-lived phase of bold experimentation.

Busoni Berceuse Elegiaque, Op 42 - BBCSO, conductor Oliver KnussenÂ

Eisler Suite No 1 - BBCSO, conductor Israel Yinon

Shostakovich Three Fantastic Dances - Viv McLean (piano)

Bartok String Quartet No 3 - Belcea Quartet

Mosolov The Iron Foundry - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor John Carewe

Alois Haba String Quartet No 2 - Picasso Quartet

Martinu La Bagarre - Stephen Coombs (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor John Carewe

(See Performance on 3Â 7.30pm)

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Presenter:
Christopher Cook
Source: Radio Times

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