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Tom Borrow plays Scriabin

Chamber music from Radio 3's New Generation Artists: Tom Borrow plays Scriabin's Piano Sonata No 5 in F sharp, and Ema Nikolovska sings Martinů's folk-inspired Nový Špalíček.

Tom Borrow plays Scriabin and Ema Nikolovska sings Martinů.

The Anglo-Israeli pianist, Tom Borrow is heard in a recent recording he made at the BBC studios of Scriabin's fiendishly difficult Fifth Sonata. Written soon after his orchestral epic The Poem of Ecstasy, the sonata touches on similar ideas. Scriabin wrote of the sonata: "It is a big poem for piano and I deem it the best composition I have ever written. I do not know by what miracle I accomplished it." After that, Ema Nikolovska sings four of Martinu's folk-inflected songs - with an accordion for accompaniment - with texts taken from a treasury of fairy tales.

Scriabin: Piano Sonata no.5 in F sharp major, Op.53
Tom Borrow (piano)

Martinu: Touha (Yearning), Zvědavé dievča (The Inquisitive Girl), Veselé dievča (The Happy Girl) and Smutný milý (The Mournful Lover) from Nový Špalíček (New Chap-Book), H. 288
Ema Nikolovska (mezzo-soprano) Samuele Telari (accordion)

Harold Mabern arr Rob Luft: Rakin and Scrapin
Rob Luft (guitar) with Dave O'Higgins (tenor sax), Misha Mullov-Abbado ( bass), Rod Youngs (drums), Ross Stanley (piano)

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Mon 13 Feb 2023 16:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Piano Sonata no.5 in F sharp major Op.53

    Performer: Tom Borrow.

  • Bohuslav Martinů

    Touha [Yearning] (Novy Spalicek)

    Performer: Samuele Telari. Music Arranger: Samuele Telari. Singer: Ema Nikolovska.

  • Bohuslav Martinů

    Zvedave dievca [The Inquisitive Girl] (Novy Spalicek)

    Performer: Samuele Telari. Music Arranger: Samuele Telari. Singer: Ema Nikolovska.

  • Bohuslav Martinů

    Vesele dievca [The Happy Girl] (Novy Spalicek)

    Performer: Samuele Telari. Music Arranger: Samuele Telari. Singer: Ema Nikolovska.

  • Bohuslav Martinů

    Smutny Mily [The Mournful Lover] (Novy Spalicek)

    Performer: Samuele Telari. Music Arranger: Samuele Telari. Singer: Ema Nikolovska.

  • Harold Mabern

    Rakin' and Scrapin'

    Performer: Rob Luft. Performer: Dave O’Higgins. Performer: Misha Mullov-Abbado. Performer: Ross Stanley. Performer: Billy Pod. Music Arranger: Rob Luft.

Broadcast

  • Mon 13 Feb 2023 16:30
    BBC Radio 3

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