The wayward Prokofiev

Every fortnight, ‘Prokofiev: a modernist on his own terms’ has an hour-long feature of the life and work of Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev, undoubtedly one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century. Today, works of Prokofiev himself, and his teachers’ compositions (J. Vitols) and conducting (N. Tcherepnin) in the period 1909 to 1912.

Playlist:

•  S. Prokofiev                          

Etudes for piano No. 1-4, Op. 2 (1909)

Dmitry Shishkin piano

• J. Vitols                

Overture for orchestra No. 37 Spriditis (1909)

Lets national symphony orchestra conducted by Dmitry Yablonsky

•  N. Tcherepnin             

Sketches of Benois’ illustrations of the Russian alphabet (1910)

David Witten (piano)