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Lydia Kavina, Semyon Bychkov, Bibs Ekkel, Yevgeny Sudbin

Katie Derham presents a special Russian-themed programme, with conductor Semyon Bychkov, theremin player Lydia Kavina, balalaika player Bibs Ekkel and pianist Yevgeny Sudbin.

Katie Derham presents a special Russian-themed programme, including an interview with conductor Semyon Bychkov about his relationship with Russia, and live performance from theremin player Lydia Kavina. Bibs Ekkel brings his balalaika to the studio and Russian pianist Yevgeny Sudbin performs live ahead of his performance at the Wimbledon Festival. Part of Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture - marking the centenary of the Russian Revolution, 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3 charts the cultural impact, legacy and cost of this moment in time, across the following century, to the present day.

Also today, we hear from Tom Service with another of his Ten Icons of a Russian Century, a journey across the arts in search of the essence of a 100 years of Russian history. Today's focuses on Akhmatova's Requiem.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Dance of the Tumblers (Snow Maiden Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Overture and Suites from the Operas.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 5.
  • Traditional

    Svetit mesyats (Moon is Shining Brightly)

    Performer: Bibs Ekkel.
  • Traditional

    Volga Boatman song

    Performer: Lydia Kavina.
  • Joseph Schillinger

    "The First Airphonic Suite" for theremin and orchestra

    Performer: Lydia Kavina. Conductor: Zsult Nogy. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Hochschule fuer Musik.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Final Duet from Eugene Onegin

    Singer: Nuccia Focile. Singer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Philips.
  • Richard Wagner

    Prelude to Act III (Lohengrin)

    Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • PROFIL.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Manfred Symphony Op.58 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • DECCA.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Kolokola (The Bells), Op. 35 - III. The Loud Alarm Bells

    Singer: Tatiana Pavlovskaya. Singer: Evgeny Akimov. Singer: Vladimir Vaneev. Choir: West German Radio Chorus. Orchestra: West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cologne. Choir: Lege Artis Chamber Choir. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Profil Medien.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in G major Kk.427

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • BIS.
  • Georgy Sviridov

    A Winter's Morning (Pushkin's Garland)

    Lyricist: Alexander Pushkin. Choir: Moscow New Choir. Conductor: Elena Rastvorova.
    • Sviridov: Songs of Troubled Times.
    • OLYMPIA.
    • 4.
  • Pierre Degeyter

    The Internationale

    Performer: Lydia Kavina.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Nocturne in F major, Op. 10 No. 1

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
  • Traditional

    Step da step krugom (Only steppes all around)

    Performer: Bibs Ekkel.
  • Traditional

    Korobushka

    Performer: Bibs Ekkel.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Seasons 'Barcarolle' June

    Performer: Yevgeny Sedbin.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op.19 No.4

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    March (The Love for Three Oranges)

    Performer: Leonard Elschenbroich. Performer: Peter Limonov.
    • ONYX.

Broadcast

  • Tue 7 Nov 2017 17:00

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