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Music at the Court of Catherine the Great

Lucie Skeaping introduces music from the court of Catherine the Great in Russia, including Galuppi, Sarti and Traetta as well as local talent like Bortniansky.

Lucie Skeaping introduces music from the court of Catherine the Great in Russia. We hear how the queen, despite having personally little interest in music, but aware of its cultural importance, brought Italian composers to St Petersburg as she wanted to position Russia as a cultural powerhouse to compete with their European neighbours in the west. The programme focuses on opera and sacred works, some written especially for her court, some adapted, by composers such as Galuppi, Paisiello, Sarti and Traetta - but we hear how Catherine promoted local talent as well, like Dmytro Bortniansky, who wrote colourful choral works, and also a talented group of princesses, part of her inner circle, who composed mainly songs - some inspired by Russian folk music.

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Sun 17 Jan 2021 14:00
91热爆 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ekaterina Alexeievna Siniavina

    Harpsichord Sonata

    Performer: Irina Rees. Performer: Etienne Abelin.
    • Music of Russian Princesses.
    • Dorian.
    • 4.

  • Baldassare Galuppi

    Didone Abbandonata (Act 2, Scene 16, Terzetto, 'Deh resta')

    Conductor: Franco Piva. Performer: Stefania Grasso. Performer: Andre Car茅. Performer: Federica Giansanti. Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto.

  • Baldassare Galuppi

    In The Flesh Thou Didst Fall Asleep

    Choir: Estonian Philharmonic Chorus. Director: Paul Hillier.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI : 907-318.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 6.

  • Tommaso Traetta

    Finito e il mio tormento (Antigona)

    Singer: Maria Jose Bayo. Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Conductor: Christophe Rousset.
    • Antigona.
    • Oiseau Lyre.
    • 6.

  • Giovanni Paisiello

    The Barber of Seville (Act 1: 'Saper bramate'... 'Non dubitar, o Figaro')

    Singer: D茅nes Guly谩s. Singer: Kristina Laki. Singer: J贸zsef Gregor. Orchestra: Hungarian State Orchestra. Conductor: 8 Bit.
    • Paisiello: Il Barbiere di Siviglia.
    • Hungaroton.
    • 9.

  • Andr茅鈥怑rnest鈥怣odeste Gr茅try

    Zemire Et Azor (Act 4: Quartet, 'Ah! Je Tremble')

    Singer: Mady Masple. Singer: Jean Van Gorp. Singer: Sabine Louis. Singer: Suzanne Simonka. Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Li猫ge. Conductor: Paul Strauss.
    • Gr茅try: Z茅mire et Azor.
    • EMI.
    • 10.

  • Anton Ferdinand Titz

    String Quartet No 1 in C (1st mvt, Allegro)

    Ensemble: La Cetra Consort.

  • Giuseppe Sarti

    The Early Reign Of Oleg (chorus)

    Composer: Vasily Pashkevich. Composer: Carlo Canobbio. Choir: RSFSR Russian Chorus. Orchestra: Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Yesipov.
    • MOSCOW RADIO GREAT SO/YESIPOV: RUSSIAN MUSIC OF.
    • MELODIYA.
    • 1.

  • Dmitry Bortniansky

    Sacred Concerto No 9, 'Praise ye the Lord'

    Choir: State Symphony Capella of Russia. Director: Valery Kuzmich Polyansky.

  • Natalia Ivanovna Kurakina

    Quand Nos Jours

    Performer: Oleg Timofeyev. Performer: Irina Rees.
    • Music of Russian Princesses from the court of Catherine the Great.
    • Dorian Recordings.
    • 5.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 12 Nov 2017 14:00
    91热爆 Radio 3
  • Sun 17 Jan 2021 14:00
    91热爆 Radio 3

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