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Composer of the Week: Coleridge-Taylor

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3/5. Coleridge-Taylor was catapulted to fame almost overnight, after the premiere of his choral work Hiawatha's Wedding Feast. Its success changed the course of his life.
Donald Macleod introduces the work that for a while made Coleridge-Taylor one of the most popular composers in England.
Hiawatha's Wedding Feast; The Death of Minnehaha (excerpt) (Scenes from the Song of Hiawatha)
Helen Field (soprano), Arthur Davies (tenor), Bryn Terfel (baritone),
Chorus and Orchestra of the Welsh National
Opera, conductor Kenneth Alwyn
(Repeated on Tuesday at 12 midnight)

Contributors

Introduces:
Donald MacLeod
Soprano:
Helen Field
Soprano:
Arthur Davies
Baritone:
Bryn Terfel
Conductor:
Kenneth Alwyn
Source: Radio Times

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