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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Goethe - Life, Love and Music

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John Tusa introduces a recital of Goethe song settings.
Thomas Allen (baritone), Solveig Kringelborn (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)

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1.55 Goethe and Song
Richard Stokes discusses Goethe's attitude to settings of his verse.

2.05 Settings by Schubert, Schumann and Wolf of songs from Wilhelm Meister's Years of Wandering, with readings by actor Sam West from Goethe's novel in a new translation by Roger Vignoles.

Contributors

Presenter:
John Tusa
Baritone:
Thomas Allen
Soprano:
Solveig Kringelborn
Pianist:
Roger Vignoles
Presenter (Goethe and Song):
Richard Stokes
Reader (Goethe and Song):
Sam West
Source: Radio Times

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