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Composer of the Week Barber

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on BBC Radio 3

With Humphrey Burton.
2: Literary Connections. "Text means a great deal to me ... I go through tons and tons of poems that could possibly be songs ... It's very hard to find them ... They are either too wordy or too introverted." (Barber, 1978)
Solitary Hotel, Op 41 No 4 Thomas Allen (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Music for a Scene from Shelley Detroit Symphony Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi
Medea's Dance of Vengeance (Medea) Atlantic Sinfonietta, conductor Andrew Schenck
A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map Robert DeCormier Chorale ,
Symphony of the Air, conductor Vladimir Golschmann
Sure on This Shining Night, Op 13 No 3 Cheryl Studer (soprano), John Browning (piano) Violin Concerto
Joshua Bell , Baltimore Symphony
Orchestra, conductor David Zinman Repeated next Tuesday 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Humphrey Burton.
Baritone:
Thomas Allen
Piano:
Roger Vignoles
Conductor:
Andrew Schenck
Unknown:
Robert Decormier Chorale
Conductor:
Vladimir Golschmann
Soprano:
Cheryl Studer
Piano:
John Browning
Unknown:
Joshua Bell
Conductor:
David Zinman
Source: Radio Times

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