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Composer of the Week: Samuel Barber

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

(1910-1981)
With Humphrey Burton.
1: The Making of Barber. "I was meant to be a composer, and will be, I'm sure ... Don't ask me to try and forget this unpleasant thing and go play football ... Please." (A letter from the nine-year-old Barber to his mother) A Slumber Song of the Madonna Cheryl Studer (soprano), John Browning (piano) Serenade for Strings
Symphony of the Air/Golschmann Dover Beach The Composer (baritone), Curtis Quartet
Overture: The School for Scandal
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, conductor David Zinman
Symphony No 1
St Louis Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leonard Slatkin
Producer Declan McGovern
Repeated next Monday 12 midnight

Contributors

Presenter:
Humphrey Burton
Soprano:
Cheryl Studer
Piano:
John Browning
Conductor:
David Zinman
Conductor:
Leonard Slatkin
Producer:
Declan McGovern
Source: Radio Times

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