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Composer of the Week: Spohr

on BBC Radio 3

In 1834 Louis Spohr 's first wife died tragically young. Despite opposition from the authorities of Kassel he soon remarriec and his new wife's s ski Us at the piano allowed him to develop his composition in a new direction. Donald Macleod concludes his series with a look at Spohr's laterworks and discusses how the difficulties with his employer intensified. Piano Trio No 3 in A minor, Op 124 (finale) Borodin Trio
String Sextet in C, Op 140 Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Symphony No 9 in B minor (The Seasons) (excerpt) Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Alfred Walter
Abendstille, Op 154 No 6
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Dmitri Sitkovetsky (violin), HartmutHoll (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Louis Spohr
Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Conductor:
Alfred Walter
Baritone:
Dmitri Sitkovetsky

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