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Proms Composer of the Week: Mendelssohn

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Roger Nichols traces Mendelssohn's relations with Britain through the ten visits he made here between 1829 and 1847. Six Children's Pieces, Op 72 Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Die Erste Walpurgisnacht (excerpt) Robert Tear (tenor),
Anthony Michaels-Moore (baritone), Richard van Allan (bass), Philharmonia Choir and Orchestra, conductor Francesco d'Avalos
Overture: Ruy Bias
London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado
Plus songs with and without'words performed by Susan Gritton
(soprano), Caroline Dowdle (piano). Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Stephen Ridgley-Whitehouse (piano) and Daniel Barenboim (piano). Repeated from last Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Nichols
Piano:
Daniel Barenboim
Baritone:
Anthony Michaels-Moore
Bass:
Richard van Allan
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Soprano:
Susan Gritton
Soprano:
Caroline Dowdle
Baritone:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Piano:
Stephen Ridgley-Whitehouse
Piano:
Daniel Barenboim
Source: Radio Times

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