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Composer of the Week Jean Sibelius

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With Jeremy Hayes. This week's programmes concentrate on Sibelius the man of the theatre. Although he wrote no mature opera, Sibelius composed music for many theatrical productions including Pelleas and Melisande, The Tempest and Scaramouche. The programmes also feature Sibelius's symphonic poems. Pan and Echo
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi
Pelleas and Melisande
Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Herbert von Karajan Pohjola's Daughter
NBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Arturo Toscanini Repeated from last Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeremy Hayes.
Conductor:
Arturo Toscanini
Source: Radio Times

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