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Composer of the Week: EJ Moeran

on BBC Radio 3

With Donald Macleod.
5: Disintegration
Afterthe failure of his marriage to cellist
Peers Coetmore , EJ Moeran finally settled in Kenmare on the west coast of Ireland. His inspiration all but dried up as his drinking worsened, and he composed virtually nothingduring the last year of his life. But his popularity in Kenmare was, and still is, legendary. When he died in December 1950 the whole town turned out for a traditional Irish funeral.
Ivy and Holly Andrew Murgatroyd (tenor),
BBC Singers, conductor Stephen Cleobury The Roving Dingle Boy (Seven Songs from County Kerry) Ann Murray (mezzo), Graham Johnson (piano)
The ShootingofHis Dear Benjamin Luxon (baritone), David Willison (piano)
Symphony in G minor Ulster Orchestra, conductor Vernon Handley

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Unknown:
Peers Coetmore
Unknown:
Ej Moeran
Tenor:
Holly Andrew Murgatroyd
Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Unknown:
Ann Murray
Piano:
Graham Johnson
Baritone:
Benjamin Luxon
Baritone:
David Willison
Conductor:
Vernon Handley

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