George Enescu (1881 - 1955)
3/5. First World War
Wednesday 4 May 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Wednesday 11 May 2005 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
Enescu's belief that music could attain an uplifting of the spirit and a transformation of the soul was formed during the First World War in Romania, where after 1916 he was playing to wounded and dying soldiers almost every day.
As well as making a huge contribution to making the war bearable for his fellow countrymen, Enescu composed several works which often seem removed from the destruction around him. Presented by Donald Macleod.
Playlist
2nd Orchestral suite - Overture
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo/ Lawrence Foster (cond)
Erato 3984 2424702 CD 2 tr 5
3rd Piano Suite 'Pièces impromptus' [Chorale & Carillon nocturne]
Luiza Borac (piano)
Avie AV0013 tr 14-15
First String Quartet [extract: mvt I]
Quatuor Ad Libitum
Naxos 8.554721 tr 1
Symphony no. 3 [extract: mvt III]
BBC Philharmonic/ Leeds Festival Chorus/ Gennady Rozhdestvensky (cond)
CHAN 9633 tr 3
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