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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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.
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Music from the Russian Ballet
Duration: 38:42
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake (Op. 20)
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty (Op. 66)
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker (Op. 71)
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales
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Igor Stravinsky
Petrushka
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales
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Reinhold Moritzevich Glière - Krasny mak (The Red Poppy) (Op. 70)
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales
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Dmitry Shostakovich
The Golden Age (Op. 22)
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales
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- Sat 31 Dec 2005 14:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3