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Composer of the Week: Amy Beach

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

(1867-1944)
Amy Beach was the most gifted member of the Boston school of composers. She was prolific and successful and composed in a wide range of musical genres. Yet little of her music is known or performed today. Chris Wines looks at her life and music in conversation with her American biographer Adrienne Fried Block.
1: Miss Amy Marcy Cheney of New Hampshire
Fireflies (Four Sketches, Op 15) Alan Feinberg (piano)
Kyrie Eleison (Grand Mass in E flat) Elaine Bunse (soprano),
Michael May Festival Chorus, conductor Michael May Piano Concerto
Mary Louise Boehm , Westphalian SO , conductor Siegfried Landau Plus a selection of songs. Producer Chris Wines
Repeated next Monday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Wines
Unknown:
Adrienne Fried Block.
Unknown:
Miss Amy Marcy Cheney
Piano:
Alan Feinberg
Piano:
Kyrie Eleison
Soprano:
Elaine Bunse
Soprano:
Michael May
Conductor:
Michael May
Unknown:
Mary Louise Boehm
Conductor:
Westphalian So
Conductor:
Siegfried Landau
Source: Radio Times

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