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Composer of the Week: Elgar

BBC Radio 3
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2/5. Elgar had something of a love/hate relationship with city life. However much he disliked being away from his beloved
Worcestershire, he wanted more than anything to be successful - and that meant London was the place to be. With Donald Macleod.
Overture: Cockaigne (In London Town) London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andre Previn Falstaff (excerpt) London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jeffrey Tate Ballet: The Sanguine Fan
London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Bryden Thomson Repeated on Monday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Conductor:
Andre Previn
Conductor:
Jeffrey Tate
Conductor:
Bryden Thomson
Source: Radio Times

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