Music from Russia & Eastern Europe
Friday 4 May 2007 13:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Louise Fryer.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Playlist:
Postcards from St Petersburg
4/4. A selection of settings of the celebrated Russian poet Pushkin, recorded at the church of St Giles, Cripplegate, during the 2006 City of London Festival.
Joan Rodgers (soprano)
Christopher Glynn (piano)
Glinka: Do not sing to me the songs of Georgia; I remember that wonderful moment; Confession; Adele; I am here, Inezil'ya
Rimsky-Korsakov: On the hills of Georgia; Do not sing me the songs of Georgia; What comfort for you in my name?; My voice for you is both tender and languid; You and thou
Medtner: The Waltz; The Rose; When Roses fade; The Muse
Rubinstein: The Singer; Night
Tchaikovsky: The Nightingale; Zemfira's song
Mussorgsky: Night; The Magpie
2.00pm
Songs, dances and cityscapes from Eastern Europe.
Chesnokov: Ne otverzhi mene
Adrian Peacock (bass)
BBC Singers
Dominic Wheeler (conductor)
Kabalevsky: Piano Concerto No 4 (Prague)
Kathryn Stott (piano)
BBC Philharmonic
Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
Haydn: Trio in G for keyboard and strings
Ondine Trio
Kodaly: Dances of Marosszek
BBC Philharmonic
Hugh Wolff (conductor)
Bingham: Hidden City for chorus, harp and percussion
Alison Martin (harp)
Richard Benjafield (percussion)
BBC Singers
Andrew Carwood (conductor)
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Johannes Moser (cello)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)
Janacek: Sonata in E flat minor
Ashley Wass (piano)
Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
Dvorak: Song to the Moon (Rusalka Act I)
Elena Semenova (soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
Dvorak: Symphony No 5
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
