In five programmes this week
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Kurt Weill. Today he compares Weill's American and his German work, and how his experience in America led him back towards the Jewish faith.
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (One Touch of Venus) Ute Lemper (soprano), RIAS Chamber Ensemble, conductor John Mauceri
Song of Ruth (Eternal Road) Lotte Lenya (soprano)
Johnny's Song (JohnnyJohnson)
Thomas Hampson (baritone), London Sinfonietta, conductor John McGlinn
Tchaikovsky and Other Russians (Lady in the Dark) Danny Kaye
The Saga of Jenny (Lady in the Dark) Dawn Upshaw (soprano)
Four Walt Whitman Songs
Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone), Robert Schumann CO, conductor Marc-Andreas Schligensiepen September Song (Knickerbocker Holiday) Walter Houston