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Composer of the Week Charles Villiers Stanford

on BBC Radio 3

(1852-1924)
With David Byers.
1: Stanford the Celt
"However hopelessly an English orchestra may fail to catch the wild nuances of the Irish fiddler, it cannot altogether drown the "hurroosh" with which Stanford the Celt drags
Stanford the Professor into the orgy." (George Bernard Shaw on the Scherzo of Stanford's Irish Symphony) Symphony No 3 (3rd mvt);
Irish Rhapsodies: No 1, Op 78; No 4, Op 141 Ulster Orchestra, conductor Vernon Handley Producer Michael Emery

Contributors

Unknown:
David Byers.
Unknown:
George Bernard Shaw
Conductor:
Vernon Handley
Producer:
Michael Emery

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