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Proms Composers of the Week: Eisler and Weill

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Stephen Johnson introduces works written in America, including excerpts from two of Weill's Broadway musicals, songs in which Eisler and Brecht paint a sad picture of life in Hollywood for the exiled European artist, and a septet Eisler based on music he planned for a Charlie Chaplin film.
Weill Ice-Cream Sextet (Street Scene) Anthony Mee (tenor),
Soloists and Chorus of Scottish
Opera, conductor John Mauceri
Weill Lady in the Dark (Finale)
Rise Stevens (mezzo), cast members, conductor Maurice Abravanel
Eisler Five Elegies (Hollywood Song Book) Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone), Peter Stamm (piano)
Eisler Septet No 2 (The Circus) Stanislas Ensemble
Repeated next Thursday 12 midnight

Contributors

Introduces:
Stephen Johnson
Unknown:
Charlie Chaplin
Tenor:
Anthony Mee
Conductor:
John Mauceri
Conductor:
Maurice Abravanel
Baritone:
Wolfgang Holzmair
Piano:
Peter Stamm
Source: Radio Times

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