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Russian Easter festival overture, Op 36
Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performers: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky
Recording date: 22 October 1998
Date of broadcast: 21 May 2002
Rimsky-Korsakov completed the Russian Easter Festival overture in the summer of 1888; inspired by grand biblical themes, it celebrates the Russian Easter tradition. Listen for the dark trumpet solo in the introduction which was meant to represent the voice of an archangel.
Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performers: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky
Recording date: 22 October 1998
Date of broadcast: 21 May 2002
