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Composer of the Week: Weber

BBC Radio 3
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5/5. Donald Macleod describes Weber's last few months of life. The composer, close to death and anxious to provide as much as possible for his family, was in London for the 1826 premiere of his opera Oberon. Oberon (excerpts) Berlin Radio Choir,
Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, conductor Marek Janowski
Entr'acte (Die Drei Pintos)
Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor John Georgiadis Cavatina (Euryanthe)
Jessye Norman (soprano), Dresden Staatskapelle, conductor Marek Janowski
Repeated on Thursday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Conductor:
Marek Janowski
Conductor:
John Georgiadis
Soprano:
Jessye Norman
Conductor:
Marek Janowski
Source: Radio Times

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