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Composer of the Week:Liszt

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

David Huckvale follows Liszt's travels around Europe. In Venice, Liszt heard the gondoliers singing the verses of Tasso. In the same city, 50 years later, he had a premonition of Wagner's death as he saw black-draped funeral gondolas on the Grand Canal. Benedetto sia 7 Giorno (Petrarch Sonnet No 2)
Margaret Price (soprano), Cyprien Katsaris (piano) Tasso Prague RSO, conductor Stanislav Macura
Missa Choralis (Kyrie)
St John 's College Cambridge Choir, conductor George Guest
Jeux d'Eau a la Villa d'Este (Annees de Pelerinage) Jorge Bolet (piano) La Lugubre Gondola Leslie Howard (piano)
Repeated next Thursday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
David Huckvale
Piano:
Cyprien Katsaris
Conductor:
Stanislav MacUra
Unknown:
St John
Conductor:
George Guest
Piano:
Jorge Bolet
Piano:
Leslie Howard
Source: Radio Times

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