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Easter: A Seasonal Journey... Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Overture

Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the musical paths leading to Rimsky-Korsakov's joyful Russian Easter Overture, including Shrovetide plainchant and his star student, Stravinsky.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the musical paths leading to Rimsky-Korsakov's joyful Russian Easter Overture, including Shrovetide plainchant and his star student, Stravinsky. Along the way, Sara surveys pieces in the curiously lopsided count of five, which Tchaikovsky and Dave Brubeck made their own. And there's also a step back in time to the year 1888 in the company of Arthur Sullivan and Augusta Holmès.

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Music Played

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition: 5. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No.2 in D Major: III. Nocturne. Andante

    Performer: Julian Steckel. Performer: Anna Reszniak. Performer: Byol Kang. Performer: Barbara Buntrock.
    • Avi-Music.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Overture: The Yeomen of the Guard

    Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric Pieces Op. 47: No. 3 - Melody

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • EMI.

  • Augusta Holmès

    La nuit et l'amour

    Orchestra: Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon. Conductor: Pierre Bleuse.
    • Alpha.

  • Trad.

    Where Did You Sleep Last Night

    Singer: Lead Belly.
    • Galaxy.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140

    Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O Ignee Spiritus

    Composer: Laura Cannell. Performer: Laura Cannell.
    • BRAWL RECORDS BANDCAMP.

  • Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji

    Sequentia cyclica, super dies irae: Theme

    Performer: Jonathan Powell.
    • Piano Classics.

  • Christopher Tye

    In Nomine À 5 'Trust'

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Musical Heritage Society.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, 'Pathetique': II. Allegro con grazia

    Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Onyx.

  • Paul Desmond

    Take Five

    Ensemble: The Dave Brubeck Quartet.
    • Columbia.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Petrushka: At the Shrovetide Fair

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.
    • Decca.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Lawo.

Broadcast

  • Today13:30
    BBC Radio 3