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Composer of the Week: Charles Villiers Stanford

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

(1852-1924)
David Byers introduces music by the Irish-born composer whose talent Shaw described as "eccentric, violent, romantic, patriotic and held in check only by a mortal fear of being found deficient in what are called the manners and tone of good society."
Symphony No 3 in F minor (Irish) (2nd mvt)
Caoine (Clarinet Sonata, Op 129)
Serenade in F, Op 95 (2nd mvt)
Fantasy No 2 in F
Symphony No 3 in F minor (3rd mvt)
Producer David Byers Discs

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David Byers
Producer:
David Byers
Source: Radio Times

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