A Russia of the Mind
In a week of programmes dedicated to the myths and masks and rituals of Igor Stravinsky, Kate Molleson explores the years of Stravinsky鈥檚 exile from Russia during WW1.
In a week of programmes dedicated to the myths and masks and rituals of Igor Stravinsky, Kate Molleson explores the years of Stravinsky鈥檚 exile from Russia during WW1.
Stravinsky spend almost all his working life in one sort of exile or another. First he left Russia for France, then at the start of the First World War he left France for neutral Switzerland where he lived near Lausanne surrounded by Russian artist refugees.
He didn鈥檛 return to Russia for 50 years but his homeland loomed large in his imagination. Marooned in landlocked Switzerland, he pined for Russia as he would for the rest of his life 鈥� and that homesickness took on all sorts of guises. In another sense, the distance was useful. He was free to reinvent a Russia of the mind, refracted through memory, nostalgia and myth.
King Ki Ki
Little Tich
Excentrique, from Three Pieces for String Quartet
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Four Russian Peasant Songs
La Ma卯trise de Toulouse
Mark Opstad, director
The Mechanical Nightingale, from Song of the Nightingale
New York Philharmonic
Pierre Boulez, conductor
Renard (excerpts)
Paris National Opera Chorus & Orchestra
James Conlon, conductor
Soldier鈥檚 Tale (excerpts)
Jean Cocteau, narrator
The Wedding Feast, from Les Noces
MusicAeterna
Teodor Currentzis, conductor
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Igor Stravinsky
Three Pieces (No 2, Excentrique)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : 4534582.
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Igor Stravinsky
Four Russian Peasant Songs
Choir: La Ma卯trise de Toulouse. Director: Mark Opstad.- REGENT : REGCD513.
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Igor Stravinsky
The Song of the Nightingale (excerpt)
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- SONY : 88985465172.
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Igor Stravinsky
Renard (excerpts)
Orchestra: National Theater Opera Orchestra of Paris. Choir: Paris Opera Chorus. Conductor: James Conlon.- WARNER : 5568742.
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Igor Stravinsky
The Soldier's Tale (excerpts)
Performer: Ulysse Del茅cluse. Performer: Henri Helaerts. Performer: Maurice Andr茅. Performer: Roland Schnorkh. Performer: Charles Peschier. Performer: Manoug Parikian. Narrator: Jean Cocteau. Narrator: Peter Ustinov. Narrator: Anne Tonietti.- PHILIPS : 4207732.
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Igor Stravinsky
Les Noces, Part 2, Scene 4: The Wedding Feast
Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.- Sony 88875190402.
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