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Composer of the Week: Lehar

BBC Radio 3
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Rodney Milnes concludes his exploration of the life and music of the leading composer of 20th-century Viennese operetta.
5: The Composer Offstage. Today the Gold and Silver Waltz, and some lesser-known pieces including two for violin (Lehar's own instrument) and orchestra, the polka Vergissmeinnicht, the symphonic poem Eine Vision , and his specially concocted Merry Widow Overture.
Repeated next Friday 11.30pm

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Rodney Milnes
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Eine Vision
Source: Radio Times

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