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Proms Composer of the Week: Felix Mendelssohn

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

(1809-1847)
Roger Nichols traces Mendelssohn's relations with Britain through the ten visits he made here between 1829 and 1847. Symphony No 1 in C minor (1st mvt) Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Herbert von Karajan
Three Fantasies, Op 16 Martin Jones (piano)
Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde
(excerpts) Helen Donath (soprano), Hanna Schwarz (contralto), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Benno Kusche (bass), Munich Radio
Orchestra, conductor Heinz Wallberg Capriccio Brillant in B minor Stephen Hough (piano),
CBSO, conductor Lawrence Foster
Overture: The Hebrides
London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado
Producer Chris Marshall
Repeated next Monday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Nichols
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Piano:
Martin Jones
Soprano:
Helen Donath
Contralto:
Hanna Schwarz
Contralto:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Baritone:
Benno Kusche
Conductor:
Heinz Wallberg
Conductor:
Capriccio Brillant
Piano:
Stephen Hough
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Producer:
Chris Marshall
Source: Radio Times

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