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Composer of the Week:William Walton (1902-1983)

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Susan Sharpe presents five programmes looking back at the five most important decades of William
Walton's life, with archive contributions from the composer, his wife,
Laurence Olivier and others.
The 1920s. The young
Walton made his reputation with the Viola Concerto and Facade, a brilliant "succes de scandale" for him and Edith Sitwell.
Overture: Portsmouth Point
London Philharmonic
Orchestra, conductor
Bryden Thomson Viola Concerto
William Primrose (viola) Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by the Composer Façade (excerpts)
Edith Sitwell and Peter
Pears (speakers)
English Group Opera Ensemble, conductor
Anthony Collins
Producer Gautam Rangaraian Discs

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sharpe
Unknown:
Laurence Olivier
Unknown:
Edith Sitwell.
Viola:
Bryden Thomson
Viola:
William Primrose
Unknown:
Edith Sitwell
Conductor:
Anthony Collins
Producer:
Gautam Rangaraian
Source: Radio Times

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