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While many of Scriabin's works are small-scale piano pieces, he also worked on a larger scale. Donald Macleod introduces the composer's massive Second Symphony and Fifth Piano Sonata, and explores Scriabin's personal philosophy that prompted him once to exclaim 'I am God!'.

1 hour

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  • Wed 30 May 2007 12:00
  • Wed 30 May 2007 20:45

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