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Song and Dance

Complete performance

Sunday 1 May 2005 18:30-19:00 (Radio 3)

Ian Skelly presents Pierre Boulez conducting two vibrant scores by Stravinsky, recorded at last Summer's Proms: Russian Peasant songs based on choruses sung by women as they told fortunes, and the evocative wedding celebrations of Les Noces.

Duration:

30 minutes

Playlist:

Stravinsky: Les Noces, four Russian Peasant Songs (a cappella version)
Catrin Wyn-Davis (Soprano)
Hilary Summers (mezzo-soprano)
Toby Spence (tenor)
Tigran Martirossian (bass)
BBC Singers
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Pierre Boulez (conductor)




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