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Composers of the Week: Musicians at the Court of Gustav III of Sweden

BBC Radio 3
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In March 1792 Sweden's
"Theatre King" was assassinated as he attended a masked ball in his new opera house in Stockholm. In the last of this week's programmes, Curt Carlsson introduces the funeral cantata composed for him by Joseph Martin Kraus.
Soloists, Uppsala University Chamber Choir
Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble, conductor Stefan Parkman

Contributors

Introduces:
Curt Carlsson
Soloists:
Joseph Martin Kraus.
Conductor:
Stefan Parkman
Source: Radio Times

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