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Composer of the Week: Robert Simpson

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

With Stephen Johnson.
3: Innocence and Experience
For Robert Simpson , as for William Blake , "exuberance is beauty." The first of his Four Temperaments celebrates it and the Second Quartet shows what happens when a high-spirited tune "runs into trouble and tries to recover itself". Finally,
Stephen Johnson introduces the recent Rute Concerto, which reveals a more mellow humour and ends with a sublime practical joke.
Sanguine Temperament (The Four Temperaments)
Desford Colliery Caterpillar Band, conductor James Watson
String Quartet No 2 Delme Quartet
Flute Concerto
Susan Milan, City of London Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox
Repeated next Wednesday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Johnson.
Unknown:
Robert Simpson
Unknown:
William Blake
Introduces:
Stephen Johnson
Conductor:
James Watson
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Source: Radio Times

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