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Composer of the Week Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Episode 5 of 5

Donald Macleod looks at Stravinsky's emotional return to his homeland, Russia, during the period of incessant travel that would define his final years.

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Fri 18 Mar 2011 22:00
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Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Elegy for JFK

    Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Performer: Herbert Gruber Performer: Karl Teho Adler Performer: Kurt Berger (clarinets)

    • Orfeo.
    • C015821A.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa

    Performer: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies (cond)

    • ECM.
    • 4721862.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Ode

    Performer: New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Igor Stravinsky (cond)

    • LYS.
    • 271273.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Abraham and Isaac

    Performer: David Wilson-Johnson (bass-baritone) Performer: London Sinfonietta Conductor: Oliver Knussen (cond)

    • DG.
    • 447 068-2.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Requiem Canticles

    Performer: Ir猫ne Friedli (alto) Performer: Michel Brodard (Bass) Performer: Choeur Pro Arte de Lausanne Performer: Choeur de Chambre Romande Performer: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi (Conductor)

    • Chandos.
    • Chan9408.

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  • Fri 26 Jun 2009 12:00
    成人快手 Radio 3
  • Fri 26 Jun 2009 22:00
    成人快手 Radio 3
  • Fri 18 Mar 2011 22:00
    成人快手 Radio 3

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