Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov has been played on NTS in shows including Tommasi, featured first on 25 December 2021. Songs played include In The Steppes Of Central Asia.

Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov (Russian: Михаил Михайлович Ипполитов-Иванов) (19 November [O.S. November 7] 1859 – January 28, 1935) was a Russian composer, conductor and teacher.

Ippolitov-Ivanov's works include operas, orchestral music, chamber music and a large number of songs. His style is similar to that of his teacher Rimsky-Korsakov. With the exception of his orchestral suite Caucasian Sketches (1894), which includes the much-excerpted Procession of the Sardar, his music is very rarely heard today.

As well as his entirely original works, Ippolitov-Ivanov…