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Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales
Performer: Elizabeth Atherton (Soprano)
Conductor: Jac van Steen
Date of broadcast: 28 June 1999

In 1920 Stravinsky wrote this for the Paris-based Ballet Russes. It's constantly clownish - buckets of water and prat-falls are everywhere - but that only inspires the composer to more wonderful 'silliness'. The costume and set designer for the show was Pablo Picasso!

Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales
Performer: Elizabeth Atherton (Soprano)
Performer: Benjamin Hulett (Tenor)
Performer: Matthew Brooke (Bass)
Conductor: Jac van Steen
Recording date: 01 December 1998
Date of broadcast: 28 June 1999

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