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Composer of the Week: Sibelius

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Jeremy Hayes introduces substantial excerpts from Sibelius's last and greatest theatre score, which contains one of the most terrifying depictions of a storm in music. Also a short
Shakespeare song and and his most elegiac symphonic poem. The Bard
London Philharmonic, conductor Thomas Beecham
Incidental music: The Tempest (excerpts)
Lilli Paasikivi (mezzo),
Lahti Opera Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, conductor Osmo Vanska
Come Away, Death
(Incidental music: Twelfth Night) Jorma Hynninen (baritone),
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jorma Panula
Repeated from last Thursday

Contributors

Introduces:
Jeremy Hayes
Conductor:
Thomas Beecham
Unknown:
Lilli Paasikivi
Baritone:
Jorma Hynninen
Conductor:
Jorma Panula
Source: Radio Times

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