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Composer of the Week: Bernstein

on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod looks at 1944, the year Bernstein premiered his first symphony, the ballet Fancy Free and On The Town, his first great musical.
Lucky to Be Me (On the Town)
Thomas Hampson (baritone), London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas Symphony No 1 (Jeremiah)
Jennie Tourel (mezzo), New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by the Composer Ballet: Fancy Free
Billie Holiday (singer),
Ballet Theatre Orchestra conducted by the Composer

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Baritone:
Thomas Hampson
Conductor:
Michael Tilson Thomas
Unknown:
Jennie Tourel

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