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Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986)

Episode 3: Master

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod is joined by Rubbra's sons Benedict and Adrian, who discuss their father and his music. A modest man with a complex personal life and deeply held faith, today they look at his public successes of the 1950s.

Piano Trio in One Movement Op 68
Edmund Rubbra, Piano
Erich Gruenberg, Violin
William Pleeth, Cello

Viola Concerto in A Major Op 75 (1st mvt)
Lawrence Power, Viola
Ilan Volkov, Conductor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Ode to the Queen Op 83
Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano
Richard Hickox, Conductor
BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Tenebrae Motets Op 72, First Nocturn (III. Ecce vidimus eum)
Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge
Christopher Robinson, Director. Show less

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