Composer of the Week

Donald Macleod looks at the consequences of the arrival in St Petersburg of millionaire Mitrofan Belyayev, a man whose new business venture would lead to Rimsky-Korsakov becoming one of the most powerful and influential musicians in Russia. Skazka (Legend) BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Mussorgsky (ed. Rimsky-Korsakov): A Night on the Bare Mountain Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Mariss Jansons (conductor) Allegro for string quartet Vertavo String Quartet Piano Concerto Geoffrey Tozer (piano) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Dmitri Kitajenko (conductor).