Grazyna Bacewicz - 4. Opening the Modernist Floodgates
Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) Episode 4 of 5: Opening the Modernist Floodgates
Nikita Khrushchev's denunciation of Stalin in 1956 had an almost immediate liberalising effect on Polish culture. The first Warsaw Autumn festival that followed opened the modernist floodgates, introducing to Polish audiences a raft of previously proscribed composers. Donald Macleod is joined by Polish music expert Adrian Thomas to explore this period in the life and music of Grazyna Bacewicz.
00:01 Grazyna Bacewicz Quartet No. 4 For Strings Performer: Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet.
00:12 Grazyna Bacewicz Partita For Violin And Piano Performer: Lydia Mordkovitch. Performer: Ian Fountain.
00:30 Grazyna Bacewicz Concert Etudes (Studies) For Piano - extract Performer: Ewa Kupiec.
00:39 Grazyna Bacewicz Music For Strings, Trumpets And Percussion Conductor: Ronald Corp. Orchestra: The New London Orchestra.
First broadcast: 28 May 2015 (b05w7wkd) http://vk.com/wall-71199334_76