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Composer of the Week: Bliss

on BBC Radio 3

In the late 1930s and 1940s, Bliss composed much dramatic music, including three ballets, several film scores, and an opera co-written with JB Priestley. During the Second World War, Bliss wanted to contribute to the musical life of the country in a practical way and he offered his services to the BBC, where he became director of music 1942-4. It was a difficult period in his life as the war separated him from his wife and children, who had remained in America.
Music for Strings Northern Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox
Prologue; The Players: Dance of the Four Knights (Checkmate) English Northern
Philharmonia, conductor David Lloyd-Jones Adam Zero (excerpt) English Northern
Philharmonia, conductor David Lloyd-Jones Madeleine's aria (The Olympians, Act 2) Yvonne Barclay (soprano), Ian Storey (tenor), BBC Scottish Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins String Quartet No 2 Delme Quartet

Contributors

Unknown:
Jb Priestley.
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Conductor:
David Lloyd-Jones
Conductor:
Adam Zero
Conductor:
David Lloyd-Jones
Soprano:
Yvonne Barclay
Soprano:
Ian Storey
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins

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