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The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca
Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
Performers: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky
Recording date: 24 October 1998
Date of broadcast: 13 December 1999
Martinů was a nomad, first fleeing poverty, then Nazism. While in Tuscany, he encountered frescoes of great age and beauty and 'met' Solomon, the Queen of Sheba, and Constantine the Great. Inspired, he celebrated them in music.
Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
Performers: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky
Recording date: 24 October 1998
Date of broadcast: 13 December 1999