A False Dawn
Donald Macleod focuses on Bacewicz's music in the years after World War II when, before the diktats of Soviet communism, there was a brief, false dawn.
Donald Macleod and his guest, the Polish music expert Adrian Thomas, explore the music of Grazyna Bacewicz in the years after World War II when, before Polish musicians and composers found themselves subject to the diktats of a new totalitarian regime under the Soviets, there was a brief, false dawn.
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Grażyna Bacewicz
Quartet No. 3 For Strings
Performer: Penderecki Quartet.- UNITED : 88-014.
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Grażyna Bacewicz
Sonata No. 4 For Violin And Piano
Performer: Aleksandra Utrecht. Performer: Edward Statkiewicz.- OLYMPIA : OCD-392.
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Grażyna Bacewicz
Concerto For String Orchestra
Conductor: Mariusz Smolij. Orchestra: Capella Bydgostiensis Chamber Orchestra.- NAXOS : 8.573229.
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- Wed 27 May 201512:00BBC Radio 3
- Wed 27 May 201518:30BBC Radio 3
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