SPONSORED: An Outstanding Evening - Bill Newman listens to American pianist Rorianne Schrade.
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VIDEO PODCAST: Slava Ukraini! - recorded on the day Europe woke up to the news that Vladimir Putin's Russian forces had invaded Ukraine. Also features Caitríona O'Leary and Eric Fraad discussing their new film Island of Saints, and pays tribute to Joseph Horovitz, Malcolm Troup and Maria Nockin.
Hermann Scherchen, the German conductor noted for his championship of modern music, was born in Berlin on 21 June 1891. He moved to Switzerland in 1933, opening an electronic music studio, and conducting the Zurich Radio Orchestra. Some notable modern opera premières were under Scherchen's direction. Scherchen died in Florence on 12 June 1966.
Echoes of Oblivion by Robert McCarney - From swerve of shore to bend of bay
Echoes of Oblivion by Robert McCarney - Seven Tuscan Nights
Record Box. Enterprising Recordings - Music for piano and orchestra, reviewed by Patric Standford