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St Petersburg

Episode 4 of 6

The fourth of six programmes in which Mary Ann Kennedy looks at the character of an international city through its classical music. Today: St. Petersburg.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 9 Dec 2012 17:05

Music Played

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Festive Overture

    Artist: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    • Shostakovich – Symphonies 1 & 6.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Minstrel's Song

    Artist: Andres Diaz

    • Russian Romantics for Cello and Piano.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No. 1 (Last Movement)

    Artist: Alexander Melnikov

    • Tchaikovsky – Piano concerto no. 1/Suite no.3 in G.
  • Trio Rita

    Kalina

    • The Rough Guide to the Music of Russian Gypsies.
  • Lindsay String Quartet

    Notturno from String Quartet No. 2 in D

    Composer: Borodin

    • Borodin Quartets/Sextet.
  • Domenico Cimarosa

    Lux Aeterna from Requiem

    Artist: Vittorio Negri

    • Cimerosa – Requiem/Concertante.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Polotsvian Dances

    Artist: Kirov Orchestra

    • White Nights – Romantic Russian Showpieces.
  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Ruslan und Ludmilla

    Artist: Kirov Orchestra

    • Release title: White Nights – Romantic Russian Showpieces.
  • The Alexandrov Ensemble

    Down Peterskaya Street

    Composer: Trad

    • Moonlight over Moscow.
  • Alexander Gretchaninov

    To the Mother of God

    Artist: Lege Artis Chamber Choir

    • Songs of the Cherubim.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Classical Symphony, First Movement (Symphony No. 1)

    Artist: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

    • Prokofiev – Symphonies No.1 ‘Classical’ and No.5.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Two Songs by Robert Burns: McPherson's Farewell and Comin thro' the Rye

    Artist: Vassily Savenko

    • Russian Settings of Robert Burns.
  • Frank Sinatra

    All By Myself

    • Frank Sinatra – Live at the Westchester Theatre 1976.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Firebird

    Artist: London Symphony Orchestra

    • Stravinsky – L’oiseau de feu.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 4 Dec 2012 20:05
  • Sun 9 Dec 2012 17:05