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Composer of the Week: Berlioz

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With Donald Macleod. Afterwinningthe
Prix de Rome, Berlioz was obliged to spend two years at the Villa Medici. But his stay in Italy proved unexpectedly fruitful, and Italy became an important source of inspiration. Overture: Roman Carnival
BBCPO, conductor VassilySinaisky Harold in Italy (excerpt) Nobuko Imai
(viola), John Alldis Choir,
LSO, conductor Colin Davis
Lelio, ou Le Retoura à la Vie, Op 14b (excerpt) Jean-Louis Barrault (narrator), London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Pierre Boulez
Overture: King Lear BBCPO, conductor VassilySinaisky (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Viola:
Nobuko Imai
Viola:
John Alldis
Conductor:
Colin Davis
Narrator:
Jean-Louis Barrault
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Source: Radio Times

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