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Composer of the Week: Benjamin Frankel

on BBC Radio 3

(1906-73)
The name Benjamin Frankel is not well known, though most people will have heard his music - he wrote scores for over 100 films including Curse of the Werewolf and Battle of the Bulge. Frankel also wrote a large and rich body of music for the concert platform. In this week's programmes, Chris de Souza explores both sides of the composer's musical personality.
A Carriage and Pair (film music: So Long at the Fair)
Charles Williams and his concert orchestra/Charles Williams
Symphony No 1
Queensland Symphony Orchestra, conductor Werner Andreas Albert
The Aftermath
Robert Dan (tenor),
Seattle Northwest Chamber Orchestra, conductor Alun Francis
Film music: A Kid for Two Farthings (excerpt)
George Melachrino and his strings Producers Piers Burton-Page and Brian Jackson
Repeated next Monday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Benjamin Frankel
Unknown:
Chris de Souza
Unknown:
Charles Williams
Conductor:
Werner Andreas Albert
Tenor:
Robert Dan
Conductor:
Alun Francis
Unknown:
George Melachrino
Unknown:
Brian Jackson

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