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Composer of the Week:Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

on BBC Radio 3

1/5 Barber may seem to many a one-hit wonder with his Adagio for strings but he was one of the most performed of 20th-century composers in Europe and America. Donald Macleod begins this exploration of his life and works with a selection of pieces from Barber's first American broadcast. The Daisies (Three Songs, Op 2 No 1)
Leontyne Price (soprano), the composer (piano) Overture: The School for Scandal
Baltimore SO, conductor David Zinman Dover Beach, Op 3
Samuel Barber (baritone), Curtis Quartet Cello Sonata, Op
Ralph Kirshbaum , Roger Vignoles (piano) Music fora Scene from Shelley, Op 7 Detroit SO, conductor Neeme Jarvi
Producer Deborah Preston Repeated Sunday 12 midnight RT DIRECT: Barber (2 CDs) featuring violinist
Elmar Oliveira with the St Louis SO conducted by Leonard Slatkin is available for £10.99 including p&p. To order, send a cheque, payable to Selections, to: [address removed] phone: [number removed] (national rate), or visit www.selections.com/rtdirect. Quote ref: [number removed]

Contributors

Baritone:
Samuel Barber
Unknown:
Ralph Kirshbaum
Piano:
Roger Vignoles
Producer:
Deborah Preston
Violinist:
Elmar Oliveira
Conducted By:
Leonard Slatkin

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