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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

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Composer of the Week: Soviet Russia (1953-1991)

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Episode 4: Looking Out

Soviet Russia (1953-1991)

Looking Out

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Donald Macleod explores music by Russians determined to reach beyond the Iron Curtain.

Could the Iron Curtain have made culture beyond Soviet borders more alluring? Donald Macleod explores music written by Russians determined to look beyond political boundaries.

Could the Iron Curtain have made musical culture beyond Soviet borders more alluring? Donald Macleod and Marina Frolova-Walker find out, as they explore music written by Soviet composers who spent much of their time looking towards European trends. Plus music by a unique Russian voice who spent his career immersed in the world of jazz.

Denisov: Song about a Finger (from Sun of the Incas)
Natalia Zagorinskaya (soprano)
Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble

Denisov: Bagatelle No.3
Jean-Pierre Armengaud (piano)

Kapustin: Variations, Op.41
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)

Schnittke: Title: Concerto Grosso No.1
Gidon Kremer (violin)
Tatiana Grindenko (violin)
Yuri Smirnov (harpsichord, prepared piano)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Heinrich Schiff (conductor)

Schnittke: Pastorale (Suite in the Old Style)
Leonard Elschenbroich (cello)
Petr Limonov (piano).

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.

Donald Macleod unravels the masterpieces of the musicians from the USSR

Donald Macleod unravels the lives and masterpieces of the musicians who shaped musical life from the USSR's inception in 1917 through to its dissolution in 1991

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