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Composer of the Week: Cole Porter

on BBC Radio 3

2/5. Donald Macleod introduces three musicals that established Porter's reputation as one of the most important songwriters of his day.
Love for Sale (The New Yorkers) Elizabeth Welch Mister and Missus Fitch Pearl Bailey
Night and Day; After You, Who?; I've Got You under My Skin (Gay Divorce) Fred Astaire
It's Bad for Me; Solomon; The Physician (Nymph Errant) Gertrude Lawrence
/ Get a Kick out of You; All Through the Night; There'll Always Be a Lady Fair; Where Are the Men; You're the Top; Anything Goes (Anything
Goes) Kim Criswell , Cris Groenendaal , Frederica von Stade, Ambrosian Chorus, LSO, conductor John McGlinn Repeated on Monday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Introduces:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Elizabeth Welch
Unknown:
Fred Astaire
Unknown:
Gertrude Lawrence
Unknown:
Kim Criswell
Unknown:
Cris Groenendaal
Conductor:
John McGlinn

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