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Music from the Russian Ballet

David Nixon joins Charles Hazlewood to explore Russian Ballet. With music from Tchaikovsky's three ballet's, Stravinsky's Petrushka, Gliere's The Red Poppy and Shostakovich's The Golden Age.

Charles Hazlewood is joined by David Nixon, Artistic Director of the Northern Ballet Theatre, and the 91热爆 National Orchestra of Wales for an exploration of key moments in the evolution of the Russian Ballet. They travel from the time of ballet-master Petipa and composer Tchaikovsky in the 1870s through the ground-breaking contributions of impressario Diaghilev and composer Stravinsky in the early years of the 20th century to the new wave of 'realistic' ballets in the Soviet Union.

The music comes from Tchaikovsky's three ballet's, Stravinsky's Petrushka, Gliere's The Red Poppy and Shostakovich's The Golden Age

Recorded in St. David's Hall, Cardiff.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 31 Dec 2005 14:00
91热爆 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake (Op. 20)

    Performers: 91热爆 National Orchestra of Wales

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Sleeping Beauty (Op. 66)

    Performers: 91热爆 National Orchestra of Wales

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker (Op. 71)

    Performers: 91热爆 National Orchestra of Wales

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Petrushka

    Performers: 91热爆 National Orchestra of Wales

  • Reinhold Moritzevich Gli猫re - Krasny mak (The Red Poppy) (Op. 70)

    Performers: 91热爆 National Orchestra of Wales

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    The Golden Age (Op. 22)

    Performers: 91热爆 National Orchestra of Wales

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  • Sat 31 Dec 2005 14:00
    91热爆 Radio 3