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Schwanda the Bagpiper

BBC Radio 3
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Opera in two acts Music by Jaromir Weinberger
Libretto by MILOS KARES (sung in German)
Aided and abetted by Babinsky, the great robber, Schwanda's legendary piping earns him the love, then the hate of Queen Ice-heart: a sojourn in hell; and reunion with his wife, Dorota.
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE VIENNA VOLKSOPER chorus-master
FRANZ GERSTACKER conducted by TIMM TZSCHASCHEL Act 1
3.25* Interval Reading
3.35* Schwanda the Bagpiper Act 2
(Austrian Radio recording)

Contributors

Music By:
Jaromir Weinberger
Chorus-Master:
Franz Gerstacker
Conducted By:
Timm Tzschaschel
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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