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Composer of the Week: Berlioz

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3/5. Donald Macleod discusses Hector Berlioz 's great passion for the Irish actress
Harriet Smithson , and the effect that his obsession with her had on his work. Elegie No 9 (Irlande, Op 2)
Thomas Hampson (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
Fantasia on Shakespeare's The Tempest
London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Pierre Boulez
Overture King Lear RPO/Alexander Gibson Concert de Sylphes (Huit Scenes de Faust) Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Choir, conductor Charles Dutoit
Sur les Lagunes (Les Nuits d'Ete) Frangoix Le Roux (baritone),
Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit
Repeated on Tuesday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Hector Berlioz
Unknown:
Harriet Smithson
Baritone:
Thomas Hampson
Piano:
Geoffrey Parsons
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit
Baritone:
Frangoix Le Roux
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit
Source: Radio Times

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