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David, are you around. A day after tomorrow my Local WHRB broadcast Myaskovsky Orgy. The have internet feed

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Thursday, December 3

1:00 pm MYASKOVSKY AND THE SOVIET SYMPHONY

Born in 1881, Nikolai Myaskovsky witnessed and responded to the transformation of the Russian musical world under the Soviet regime, composing striking works that addressed contem­porary themes, eschewing programmatic forms in favor of neo-romantic and even neoclassical styles. His prolific symphonic output, twenty-seven in total, was highly influential on Soviet composers from Khachaturian to Shostakovich. We’ll hear the entire symphonic output of this “father of the Soviet Symphony,” plus his intensely expressive concerti and other works that suffer an unfortunate neglect in the modern performance repertoire.

Time divisions below are only approximate.

1:00 pm

1908: Symphony No. 1 in c, Op. 3; Rozhdestvensky, USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra (Russian Disc)

1909: Hulpigung’s Overture in C; Svetlanov, USSR State Symphony Orchestra (Warner)

1908: Sonata No. 1 in d; McLachlan (Olympia)

1909: Silence,Symphonic Poem after Poe; Stankovsky,Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava (Marco Polo)

1910: Sinfonietta in A; Svetlanov, USSR State Symphony Orchestra (Warner)

1911: Symphony No. 2 in c-sharp; Svetlanov, USSR State Symphony Orchestra (Warner)

4:00 pm

1912: Sonata No. 2 in f-sharp; Hegedűs (Marco Polo)

1913: Alastor, Symphonic Poem after Shelley; Svetlanov, USSR State Symphony Orchestra (Warner)

1914: Symphony No. 3 in a; Verbitzky, USSR Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya)

1918: Symphony No. 4 in e; Svetlanov, USSR State Symphony Orchestra (Warner)

1918: Symphony No. 5 in D; Ivanov, USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra (Olympia)

7:00 pm

1920: Sonata No. 3 in c; Richter (Melodiya)

1923: Symphony No. 6 in e-flat; Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (DG)

1922: Symphony No. 7 in b; Ginsburg, U.S.S.R. Radio Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya)

1925: Symphony No. 8 in A; Stankovsky, Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra of Brataslava (Marco Polo)

1924: Sonata No. 4 in c; McLachlan (Olympia)

10:00 pm

1927: Symphony No. 9 in e; Svetlanov, USSR State Symphony Orchestra (Warner)

1927: Reminiscences; McLachlan (Olympia)

1927: Symphony No. 10 in f; Svetlanov, USSR State Symphony Orchestra (Warner)

1928: Yellowed Leaves, Nos. 1 and 6; Dokschutzer, Zhak (Melodiya LP)

1929: Serenade in E-flat; Svetlanov, USSR State Symphony Orchestra (Warner)

Friday, December 4

1:00 pm MYASKOVSKY AND THE SOVIET SYMPHONY (cont.)

1929: Sinfonietta in c; Svetlanov, USSR State Symphony Orchestra (Warner)

1929: Lyric Concertino in G; Verbitzky, USSR Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya)

1930: Quartet No. 3 in d; Leningrad Taneiev Quartet (Melodiya)

1932: Symphony No. 11 in b-flat; Dudarova, Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Olympia)

1932: Symphony No. 12 in g,”Kolkhoz (Collective Farm)”; Stankovsky, Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra of Bratislava (Marco Polo)

1933: Symphony No. 13 in b-flat; Svetlanov, USSR State Symphony Orchestra (Warner)

1933: Symphony No. 14 in C; Svetlanov, USSR State Symphony

1934: Symphony No. 15 in d; Svetlanov, USSR State Symphony

4:00 pm

1936: Symphony No. 16 in F; Svetlanov, USSR State Symphony

1937: Symphony No. 17 in g-sharp; Svetlanov, USSR State Symphony Orchestra (Warner)

1937: Symphony No. 18 in C; Svetlanov, USSR State Symphony

7:00 pm

1938: Violin Concerto in d; Oistrakh, Gauk, USSR State Symphony Orchestra (Brilliant Classics)

1939: Symphony No. 19 in E-flat; Sergeyev, Russian State Brass Orchestra (Russian Disc)

1940: Symphony No. 20 in E; Svetlanov, USSR State Symphony

1940: Symphony No. 21 in f-sharp; Gould, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Chicago)

1941: Symphony No. 22 in b, “Symphony-Ballad”; Svetlanov, USSR Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya)

1941: Symphony No. 23 in a, “Symphony-Suite on Kabardinian Themes”; Svetlanov, USSR State Symphony Orchestra

10:00 pm

1942: Sonatine in e; McLachlan (Olympia)

1942: Song and Rhapsody; Ginsburg (Phillips)

1943: Symphony No. 24 in f; Svetlanov, USSR State Symphony

1944: Sonata No. 5 in B; McLachlan (Olympia)

Saturday, December 5  

5:00 pm MYASKOVSKY AND THE SOVIET SYMPHONY (cont.)

1944: Sonata No. 6 in A-flat; Hegedűs (Marco Polo)

1945: Cello Concerto in c; Rostropovich, Sargent, Philharmonia Orchestra (EMI)

1945: String Quartet No. 10 in F; Leningrad Taneiev Quartet (Melodiya)

1945: Sinfonietta in a; Svetlanov, USSR State Symphony

1946: Symphony No. 25 in D-flat; Svetlanov, USSR State Symphony Orchestra (Warner)

1946: Slavonic Rhapsody; Svetlanov, USSR State Symphony

1947: Pathetic Overture; Svetlanov, USSR State Symphony

1948: Symphony No. 26 in C; Svetlanov, USSR State Symphony

8:00 pm

1948: Divertissement; Svetlanov, USSR State Symphony

1949: Cello Sonata No. 2; Turovsky, Edlina (Chandos)

1950: Sonata No. 7 in C; McLachlan (Olympia)

1951: Sonata No. 8 in d; McLachlan (Olympia)

10:00 pm

1952: Sonata No. 9 in F; McLachlan (Olympia)

1949: String Quartet No. 13 in a; Gostelradio Quartet (Vox)

1950: Symphony No. 27 in c; Polyansky, Russian State Symphony Orchestra (Chandos)

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