Nicola Benedetti, Winchester, Reading Europe: Russia
Nicolas Benedetti on rewriting the cadenza of Beethoven's famous Violin Concerto. Plus Russian author Alisa Ganieva on Dagestan, her homeland in the Caucasus.
Nicola Benedetti has co-written a new cadenza for Beethoven's Violin Concerto. As she embarks on a tour with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, she talks to Kirsty Lang about the challenges of performing this classical masterpiece.
Jason Solomons reviews Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built, which stars Helen Mirren in the first horror movie of her 50 year career and is set in the real life house that the Winchester gun heiress built to keep ghosts at bay.
As part of Reading Europe Radio 4 is dramatising 'The Bride and Groom' , a novel by the award-winning Russian author Alisa Ganieva. Kirsty talks to Alisa about the contrasting picture of tradition and modernity she presents of Dagestan, her homeland in the Caucasus.
Grigory Ryzhakov, author of a guide to modern Russian literature, gives us an overview of what Russians are reading both in terms of literary fiction and popular novels, from crime thrillers to the classics.
Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Timothy Prosser.
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Winchester
Duration: 04:59
Nicola Benedetti
Duration: 08:26
Reading Europe: Russia - Alisa Ganieva
Duration: 07:59
Reading Europe: Russia - Grigory Ryzhakov
Duration: 05:24
Winchester
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opens in UK cinemas on 02 February 2018, certificate 15.
Image: Helen Mirren as Sarah Winchester
Image credit: CBS Films/Lionsgate Films
Nicola Benedetti
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tours the UK and beyond with , conducted by , in Oxford on 03 February, London on 04 February, Birmingham on 06 February, Basingstoke on 08 February,聽and then Saffron Walden聽on 09 February 2018.
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Main image above and image to the right: Nicola Benedetti
Images credit: Simon聽Fowler
Reading Europe: Russia
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, translated by Dr Carol Apollonio is out in paperback and Ebook formats on 03 April 2018.
As part of 大象传媒 Radio 4's reading Europe - Russia series, starts on 04 February 2018.
Image: Alisa Ganieva
Image credit: Greg Baal
Grigory Ryzhakov
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Image: Grigory Ryzhakov
website has information on contemporary Russian literature
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Role Contributor Presenter Kirsty Lang Interviewed Guest Nicola Benedetti Interviewed Guest Jason Solomons Interviewed Guest Alisa Ganieva Interviewed Guest Grigory Ryzhakov Producer Timothy Prosser Broadcast
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