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Accompanying Akhmatova

BBC Radio 3
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Sergei Prokofiev and Anna Akhmatova were born within two years of each other; they strove for the same artistic ideals and for months at a time they lived in the same neighbourhood in St Petersburg. During five days in November 1916, Prokofiev set to music five of Akhmatova's early poems.
And yet they never met. Readers Carole Boyd and Nigel Anthony.
Singer Carole Farley.
Written and presented by GrahamFawcett.
Director John Theocharis

Contributors

Unknown:
Sergei Prokofiev
Unknown:
Anna Akhmatova
Readers:
Carole Boyd
Singer:
Nigel Anthony.
Singer:
Carole Farley.
Director:
John Theocharis
Source: Radio Times

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About BBC Radio 3

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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