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Proms Documentary: Weill Style

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Of all 20th-century composers, Kurt Weill most convincingly combined composing operas and music theatre. Patrick O'Connor examines Weill's music from the interpreters' point of view, with the voices of Weill and his widow Lotte Lenya and some of his other foremost interpreters, including Margo Lion , Suzy Solidor and Ernst
Busch from the 1930s, and from our own time Teresa Stratas , Shirley Verrett and Sting. Producer Nick Morgan
See also tomorrow 7.30pm

Contributors

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Kurt Weill
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Patrick O'Connor
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Lotte Lenya
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Margo Lion
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Suzy Solidor
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Teresa Stratas
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Shirley Verrett
Producer:
Nick Morgan
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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