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Composer of the Week: Weber

on BBC Radio 3

With Donald Macleod. 5:1821-6
The success of Der Freischutz assured the composer's reputation and wealth, but he was battlingwith consumption. His next opera, Euryanthe, was not so popular.
Nonetheless, he was invited to London to conduct performances of his works.
Trinklied (Schottische Nationalgesange) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone),
Aurele Nicolet (flute), Karl Engel (piano) Konzertstuck in F minor, Op 79 Nikolai Demidenko (piano), Scottish Chamber
Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras Euryanthe (excerpts) Rita Hunter and Jessye Norman (sopranos), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone),
Siegfried Vogel (bass), Leipzig Radio Choir, Dresden Staatskapelle, conductor Marek Janowski Adagio Patetico in C sharp minor Ian Hobson (piano)
Oberon (excerpts) Deborah Voigt
(soprano), Ben Heppner and Gary Lakes (tenors), Cologne State Opera Chorus, Cologne Philharmonic and Giirzenich Orchestra, conductor James Conlon

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Baritone:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Flute:
Karl Engel
Piano:
Nikolai Demidenko
Conductor:
Charles MacKerras
Unknown:
Rita Hunter
Sopranos:
Jessye Norman
Sopranos:
Nicolai Gedda
Tenor:
Tom Krause
Baritone:
Siegfried Vogel
Conductor:
Marek Janowski
Conductor:
Adagio Patetico
Piano:
Ian Hobson
Soprano:
Deborah Voigt
Soprano:
Ben Heppner
Soprano:
Gary Lakes
Conductor:
James Conlon

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