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Sunday Play: Brahms on a Slow Train

BBC Radio 3
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David Pownall - winner of the 1995 Sony Gold Award for his play Elgar's Third - returns to the theme of composers with a fascinating look at the complex relationship between the "young eagle" Johannes Brahms and his devoted mentors Robert and Clara Schumann.
Pianist Terence Allbright
Director Martin Jenkins Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
David Pownall
Unknown:
Johannes Brahms
Unknown:
Clara Schumann.
Pianist:
Terence Allbright
Director:
Martin Jenkins
Brahms:
Denis Quilley
Brahmsa young man:
Roger May
Robert Schumann:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Clara Schumann:
Maureen O'Brien
Conductor:
Robert Glenister
Chnstiane:
Jane Whittenshaw
Jakob:
Keith Drinkel
Coffee woman:
Zule Madene
Agathe:
Teresa Gallagher
Asylumdoctor:
David Timson
Source: Radio Times

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