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Composer of the Week: Janacek

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3/5. Like many of his fellow patriots, Janacek had a great enthusiasm for exploring his Slavonic birthright, and developed an admiration for all things Russian. Donald Macleod asks John Tyrrell about Janacek's most eastward-looking music. Prelude: From the House of the Dead
London Sinfonietta, conductor Charles Mackerras Hospodine Petr Sovadina (organ),
Ludmila Solarova (harp), Prague Philharmonic Choir and Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jiri Pinkas
Prophecy and Death of Taras Bulba (Taras Bulba) Bavarian RSO, conductor Rafael Kubelik String Quartet No 1 (Kreutzer Sonata) Alban Berg Quartet
Glagolitic Mass (excerpt) Eva Urbanova (soprano), Marta Benackova (mezzo), Vladimir Bogachov (tenor), Richard Novak (bass), Thomas Trotter (organ), Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Richard Chailly
Repeated at 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
John Tyrrell
Conductor:
Charles MacKerras
Conductor:
Hospodine Petr Sovadina
Harp:
Ludmila Solarova
Conductor:
Jiri Pinkas
Conductor:
Rafael Kubelik
Unknown:
Alban Berg
Soprano:
Eva Urbanova
Soprano:
Marta Benackova
Tenor:
Vladimir Bogachov
Tenor:
Richard Novak
Bass:
Thomas Trotter
Conductor:
Richard Chailly
Source: Radio Times

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