Part fell into a creative silence of several years following the banning of Credo within the Soviet Union. Then, in 1976, he produced a tiny piano piece based on his newly discovered principles of tintinnabulation. Twenty years later, he came to the BBC to record it for this programme.
Part Tabula Rasa (excerpt) - Gidon Kremer and Tatjana Grindenko (violins), Alfred Schnittke (prepared piano), Lithuanian CO, conductor Saulius Sondeckis
Symphony No 3 (excerpt) - London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Franz Weiser-Most
For Atina - the composer (piano)
Hildegard of Bingen O Quam Mirabilis - Augsberg Early Music Ensemble
Part Passtb (John 18, vv 28-40) - Hilliard Ensemble, director Paul Hillier
Hildegard of Bingen O Aeterne Deus - Augsberg Early Music Ensemble
Kyrie - Oxford Camerata, director Jeremy Summerly
Part Credo - Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi
(Repeated next Wednesday 11.30pm)