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Radio 3,44 mins

Stravinsky: Firebird Suite

Discovering Music

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In a programme recorded at City Halls, Glasgow, Stephen Johnson explores the version of Stravinsky's Firebird suite from 1945, and begins by examining a work by one of Stravinsky's musical father figures, the Overture on Russian Themes by Rimsky-Korsakov. With excerpts from both works given by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Takuo Yuasa.

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