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Proms Composers of the Week: Hanns Eisler and Kurt Weill

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With Stephen Johnson. Both Eisler (1898-1962) and Weill (1900-50) were left-wing sympathisers, both collaborated with playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht, and both composers were forced to flee Berlin when the Nazis came to power.
Weill Speak Low (One Touch of Venus) Ute Lemper (singer),
RIAS Berlin Chamber Ensemble, conductor John Mauceri
Eisler Die Mutter (excerpts) Ernst Busch (singer), Berlin
Ensemble Choir and Orchestra, conductor Adolph Fritz Guhl
Weill The Threepenny Opera (excerpts)
RIAS Chamber Choir and Orchestra, conductor John Mauceri
Eisler Chamber Symphony
German SO, conductor Hans Zimmer
Producer John Thornley
Repeated next Monday 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Johnson.
Unknown:
Weill Speak Low
Conductor:
John Mauceri
Conductor:
Adolph Fritz Guhl
Conductor:
John Mauceri
Conductor:
Hans Zimmer
Producer:
John Thornley
Street singer:
Rolf Boysen
Macheattl:
Rene Kollo
Polly:
Ute Lemper
Tiger-Brown:
Wolfgang Reichmann
Source: Radio Times

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