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Composer of the Week: Durufle

BBC Radio 3
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Donald Macleod investigates one of the many unsolved mysteries about Durufle's life: why he composed so little - fewer than 20 works in total. Today's programme is devoted to Durufle's music from the Second World War years, and his setting of the Requiem, Op 9- his only composition between 1941-60.
Andante (Andante and Scherzo, Op 8) BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Barry Wordsworth
Requiem, Op 9 Judith Harris (mezzo), Stephen Charlesworth (baritone),
BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Nicholas Cleobury

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Conductor:
Barry Wordsworth
Unknown:
Judith Harris
Baritone:
Stephen Charlesworth
Conductor:
Nicholas Cleobury
Source: Radio Times

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