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Composer of the Week: VincenzoBellini

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(1801-35). Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Vincenzo Bellini. This first programme tells the story of Bellini's prodigious childhood and his earliest operatic successes. At the age of nine, he had already composed a setting of the Mass, and at 12 he was writing songs. La FarfallettaCecilia Bartoli (mezzo), James Levine (piano)
Oboe Concerto Hansjorg Schellenberger , Berlin PO, conductor James Levine
Dopo I 'Oscuro Nembo (Adelson e Salvini) Nuccia Focile (soprano), Philharmonia, conductor David Parry
Sorgi, 0 Padre; Act 2 Duet (Bianca e Fernando) Young Ok Shin (soprano),
Emily Manhart (mezzo), Gregory Kunde (tenor), Bellini Theatre Orchestra, conductor Andrea Licata
Mad scene (II Pirata)
Maria Callas (soprano), Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Nicola Rescigno Producer KerryChapman

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Vincenzo Bellini.
Unknown:
Farfallettacecilia Bartoli
Piano:
James Levine
Unknown:
Hansjorg Schellenberger
Conductor:
James Levine
Conductor:
David Parry
Soprano:
Emily Manhart
Tenor:
Gregory Kunde
Conductor:
Andrea Licata
Soprano:
Maria Callas
Conductor:
Nicola Rescigno
Source: Radio Times

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