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Afternoon on 3: St Petersburg Conservatory

Afternoon Concert: St Petersburg Conservatory: Episode 2

Episode 2

St Petersburg Conservatory

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, St Petersburg Conservatory, Episode 2

Louise Fryer presents music by Poulenc, Tchaikovsky and Deshevov.

Louise Fryer celebrates the St Petersburg Conservatory. Poulenc: Organ Concerto (Jansons, cond). Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No 3 in E flat Minor. Deshevov: Ice and Steel.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

Series celebrating the rich legacy of the St Petersburg Conservatory, which was founded in 1861 by Anton Rubinstein. It features great Russian and Soviet composers and conductors who were alumni.

There is French music conducted by Mariss Jansons, a Tchaikovsky quartet, as well as a rare complete performance of Vladimir Deshevov's 1929 opera Ice and Steel. Deshevov was a leading light in the Soviet avant-garde - described by Darius Milhaud described as a 'genius' and 'extremely original' - but his music was later ruthlessly suppressed by the authorities.

Poulenc: Organ Concerto
Leo van Doeselaar (organ)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam
Mariss Jansons (conductor)

2.40pm
Tchaikovsky: String quartet No 3 in E flat minor, Op 30
St Petersburg Quartet

3.15pm
Deshevov: Ice and Steel - opera in four acts
Saarland State Opera
Will Humburg (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: St Petersburg Conservatory

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Louise Fryer presents a series celebrating the legacy of the St Petersburg Conservatory

Series celebrating the rich legacy of the St Petersburg Conservatory. Founded in 1861 by Anton Rubinstein, its list of alumni features many great figures in Russian and Soviet music

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