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Radio 3,05 Apr 2026,89 mins

Easter: A Seasonal Journey... Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Overture

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Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the musical paths leading to Rimsky-Korsakov's joyful Russian Easter Overture, including Shrovetide plainchant and his star student, Stravinsky. Along the way, Sara surveys pieces in the curiously lopsided count of five, which Tchaikovsky and Dave Brubeck made their own. And there's also a step back in time to the year 1888 in the company of Arthur Sullivan and Augusta Holmès.

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: 5. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
    Pictures at an Exhibition: 5. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
    Modest Mussorgsky
  3. 2.
    String Quartet No.2 in D Major: III. Nocturne. Andante
    String Quartet No.2 in D Major: III. Nocturne. Andante
    Alexander Borodin
  4. 3.
    Overture: The Yeomen of the Guard
    Overture: The Yeomen of the Guard
    Arthur Sullivan