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Composer of the Week: Weir

BBC Radio 3
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3/5. Judith Weir joins Donald Macleod to discuss her instinct for the theatrical. Music includes an evocation of a painting by Paul Klee , and an audacious "grand opera" for solo voice. King Harald's Saga (excerpt) Jane Manning (soprano)
The Bagpiper's String Trio Domus
The Consolations of Scholarship (excerpt) Linda Hirst (mezzo), Lontano, conductor Odaline de la Martinez
Heroic Strokes of the Bow BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis Piano Trio Schubert Ensemble Repeated on Tuesday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Judith Weir
Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Paul Klee
Soprano:
Jane Manning
Unknown:
Linda Hirst
Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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