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Composer of the Week: Bedrich Smetana

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

(1824-1884) Allegro - Youth
"Romantic mood, inexpressible longing...."
Paul Kildea begins with an excerpt from Smetana's first string quartet
(1876) and compares the composer's recollection of his youth as described in the work's programme with the stark reality.
String Quartet No 1 in E minor (From My Life, 1st mvt) Amadeus Quartet
Jesu, Meine Freude , Lobet Herrn !
BBC Singers, conductor Ronald Corp Tabor (Ma Vlast)
Vienna Philharmonic, conductor James Levine
Longing (Characteristic Pieces, Op 6) Peter Schmalfuss (piano) Richard III
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Rafael Kubelik
Liebchen's Blick; Lebewohl!
Mark Milhofer (tenor), Paul Kildea (piano) Producer Paul Kildea
Repeated next Monday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Kildea
Unknown:
Meine Freude
Unknown:
Lobet Herrn
Conductor:
Ronald Corp
Conductor:
James Levine
Piano:
Peter Schmalfuss
Conductor:
Rafael Kubelik
Tenor:
Mark Milhofer
Piano:
Paul Kildea
Producer:
Paul Kildea
Source: Radio Times

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