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Composer of the Week: Grainger

on BBC Radio 3

5/5. A Prophet without Honour.
Grainger anticipated many modern trends in Western music, but his old age brought frustration as his music and ideas became increasingly neglected. With Donald Macleod. Grainger Handel in the Strand Martin Jones (piano)
The Lonely Desert-Man Sees the Tents of the Happy Tribes Delia Jones (mezzo),
Mark Padmore (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Penelope Thwaites (piano)
Free Music Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Traditional, arr Grainger Lincolnshire Posy Central Band of the RAF, conductor Wg Cdr Eric Banks
BriggFair; The Gypsy's Wedding Day James Gilchrist (tenor), Polyphony, conductor Stephen Layton
Grainger Suite: In a Nutshell City of Birmingham SO, conductor Simon Rattle Repeated on Thursday at 12 midnight See also 9.10pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Unknown:
Grainger Handel
Piano:
Martin Jones
Unknown:
Delia Jones
Tenor:
Mark Padmore
Tenor:
Stephen Varcoe
Piano:
Penelope Thwaites
Unknown:
St Martin
Tenor:
James Gilchrist
Conductor:
Stephen Layton
Conductor:
Simon Rattle

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